Part of the reason why I think the law is necessary is because I do not see another way to keep the plan from running out of money entirely.
We need to get over that illusion.
You cannot turn your back on the workers and retirees in these communities when times get tough.
What this is really about is making sure that Congress ensures that the promise that pension benefits are all about is protected.
In this country, that is not the way it is supposed to work.
This is an extraordinarily important time for our country, colleagues, because there is a longstanding principal of pension law that says yo...
In this country, there is a longstanding principle of pension law that says you don't take away benefits that workers have earned. But unles...
To me, in our country, you just do not snatch away pension rights from Americans who never did anything but the right thing.
I do not need a justification. You just made the justification why we owe it to retirees to correct this and not just leave Wall Street with...
It is my view that this committee and the Congress should move on this bill as soon as possible.
We ought to be looking, for example, at reforming the common bond provision, which has been a vital part of retirement policy debates in the...