[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6273-H6274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PROTECT PENSION PLANS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, last week in Columbus, Ohio, thousands of 
American retirees gathered to demand Congress act.
  Pension plans for more than 1 million retirees and union workers are 
in danger of collapse if something is not done soon. More than 60,000 
Ohio workers alone could be impacted, and millions across our Nation 
face cuts in their earned retirement benefits.
  Retirees traveled from as far as Utah to Columbus as the Select 
Committee

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on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans held a field hearing to hear 
from retirees and employers. Their jobs ranged from coal miners to 
truck drivers to candymakers.
  As Perry Rapier from Pennsylvania said at the rally: ``We've worked 
and sweat and toiled into this position, and we've earned that pension; 
and now to know that somebody that's sitting behind a desk is willing 
to take that from us, we're going to stand up and fight for that.''
  Retirement security is an American value. Workers' pensions must be 
protected. Congress must find a solution to their earned pensions and 
give security to the retirement years of millions of hardworking 
Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge this Congress to act before this Congress ends.

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