Amory Houghton: “I am going to suggest a vote against his amendment. I have been around…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2003

I am going to suggest a vote against his amendment. I have been around business many years, and I have been in and out of pension plans in many different corporations, and this is a dangerous amendment. The Cooper ruling threatens to drive employers out of the pension system. Pension plans nationwide will be burdened with huge additional liabilities, leaving workers worse off. As a result of the Cooper decision, we understand the voluntary pension system itself would be in danger. I do not think so. Frankly, I would urge people to vote against the Sanders amendment. It is not going to help the people I know, the people I have worked with, particularly the senior employees of various corporations who are so dependent upon our defined benefit plan.

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Amory Houghton

Republican · New York

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Opposing an amendment related to pension plans during a committee discussion.

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