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Scott Fitzgerald: “a couple of days ago, Elaine Chao, Secretary of the Department of Labor; John Snow, Secretary of the Treasury; and Don…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2004
a couple of days ago, Elaine Chao, Secretary of the Department of Labor; John Snow, Secretary of the Treasury; and Don Evans, the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, the three board members of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, wrote a letter to our majority leader, Bill Frist, which asks that the Senate not go beyond amending the interest rate changes that were passed by the House. They said they would oppose it and recommend that the President veto any legislation that would further exacerbate the systemic underfunding of defined benefit pension plans in America.
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Scott Fitzgerald
Republican · Wisconsin
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Discussing a letter from cabinet members regarding pension funding legislation.

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