Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 1, 2011. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. select committee on intelligence
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I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.
We create a basic minimum benefit that will apply to about 10 percent of Social Security.
What we have done is we recommend harmonizing withdrawal rules for 401(k)'s and IRAs.
We very much see it as a package. That is the way it was negotiated, and this was a difficult negotiation to get 18 of the 19 to agree representing all points on the political spectrum.
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