Ron Kind: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the SECURE Act. This legislation is meant to address one…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the SECURE Act. This legislation is meant to address one of the great gaps we have in retirement savings: employees in small businesses, primarily affecting women, minorities, and young adults. I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on the issue. I want to thank my good friend Mike Kelly for partnering with me throughout this process, along with former colleagues Dave Reichert and Pat Tiberi, with whom I had a chance to work on this issue in particular. I also want to thank the Representative in the chair today, Representative Elaine Luria, our commander. She is the one who introduced the Gold Star fix. It was a mistake that was made in the Tax Code that adversely affects survivor benefits for children of our fallen soldiers. It also fixes distributions to Native American children and to students who receive scholarships and grants. I thank her for her leadership on it. This is a good, bipartisan, bicameral piece of legislation. I encourage my colleagues to support it.”