Pat Ryan: “I thank Congressman Kildee from the Ways and Means Committee, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Richie Neal…”

“I thank Congressman Kildee from the Ways and Means Committee, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Richie Neal, Sherrod Brown, Rob Portman, Mike Turner. The Members of Congress and Senators who are on the ground with these families came together and have been fighting. Here we are, 13 years later, where we are going to vote this out of the House, and we are going to send it to the Senate. We are going to try to help people because that is our job. What I really appreciate about this is that during the rescue package, we were able to save hundreds and hundreds of thousands of pensions for people, about 100,000 in Ohio, because there was a problem, and we tried to fix it. That happened to be unions. This group happens to not be union, but they deserve help all the same. That is what we are doing here. I was proud that the Auto Workers and the AFL-CIO are helping to support this. We need more of this. I think this is an example of how to try to influence your government, try to get help, try to right a wrong, and not talk about Democrat and Republican and red and blue and all that nonsense that we are all sick of. We are ready to move forward. If you need help, if you have been wronged, we are going to stand up and fight for you. Again, I thank Mr. Kildee for his leadership here. We are going to send this over to the Senate. I know there are a lot of people, again, living and working and talking to these families over the last 13 years. How many people have passed away?…”