Political Quotes

“I rise on behalf of nearly 25,000 workers and retirees in Wisconsin who have paid into the Central States Pension Fund. It has been 3\1/2\ years since the Treasury Department denied an application by the Central States Pension Fund to slash pensions that had already been earned by thousands of plan members. In that time, retirees have organized at home. They have called on their Members of Congress. They have also come to Washington countless times--all to remind us of the promises they were made when they earned their pensions and to fight for a solution to this looming crisis. I have been proud to work side by side with Wisconsin workers and retirees and with Senator Brown to introduce the Butch Lewis Act. This legislation will put failing multiemployer pension plans, including Central States, back on solid ground, and it does so without cutting the pensions retirees have earned. (The remarks of Ms. Baldwin pertaining to the introduction of S. 2598 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')”