the approach reflected in the current health reform bills is the wrong answer.

I've always concluded that that would be passed on to the workers.

One of the biggest concerns for me, as I travel Wyoming and other parts of the country, is that we have given people the impression that with this Health Care Reform that they're not only going to have their costs go down.

We all agree the health insurance market is broken and needs to be fixed.

These bills will not reduce health care costs and will actually increase insurance premiums for most Americans.

Under the bills before Congress does this mean that while some high-cost groups could see slightly lower premiums and the majority of small businesses would see their premiums go up?

What kind of precedent is this setting for future pension plans that are taken over by the PBGC, and what does it say about the use of taxpayer dollars for the top-up?

And our attempt is to make sure that the companies are not gaming the system at the same time.

We have been talking about this narrower corridor.

I am dismayed to find now that after 3 years, that the bill we passed actually has propelled us more toward the defined contribution plan rather than defined benefit plan.

The drafters of ERISA back in the 1970s were careful not to have the PBGC give too generous of benefits in plans taken over by the PBGC.

I happen to be one who believes strongly in the defined benefit pension program.