Rob Portman: “I would like to focus, if I could, this afternoon on the retirement security package that is before us. This is…”

“I would like to focus, if I could, this afternoon on the retirement security package that is before us. This is bipartisan legislation that my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), and I have worked on over the last 3 years. It is very important. It is very important we get it enacted and do so this year. We need to do all we can because there is a real retirement security crunch out there. Seventy million Americans, about half the workforce, do not have any kind of a pension at all today, not even a 401(k), nothing. The problem is even worse among small businesses. We are told that less than 20 percent of small businesses, Mr.…”