[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PENSIONS

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, many Americans have worked hard 
their entire lives paying into pension programs with the promise that, 
after a career of hard labor, they would have a secure transition into 
retirement.
  Our multiemployer pension plans, of which there are 114, covering 1.3 
million workers, are severely underfunded and in trouble. The Butch 
Lewis Act is an important step in responsibly securing the pensions 
that millions of American workers have earned throughout their years of 
hard work.
  We must ensure that the pensions that American union workers have 
earned over a lifetime of work are protected well into the future. This 
Congress needs to take action now to ensure the promise of those who 
were promised after years of contributions to have a pension in their 
retirement years.

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