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House Committees Hold Joint Hearing on Health Care Challenges Facing Workers and Employers

Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) joined Representatives Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Andy Barr (R-KY) to host a field hearing in Kentucky entitled, 'Health Care Challenges Facing Kentucky's Workers and Job Creators.' Page includes video of the hearing, and links to opening statements and witness testimony.

House Subcommittee to Discuss Proposed Multiemployer Pension Reforms

"On Tuesday, October 29 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled, 'Strengthening the Multiemployer Pension System: How Will Proposed Reforms Affect Employers, Workers, and Retirees?' The latest in a series of hearings on multiemployer pension reform, [a live webcast and witness list will be online]."

House HELP Subcommittee Hearing: A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care

April 2 hearing. Video with Opening Statement by Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) and witness testimony of [1] Ms. Angela Shields, on behalf of the National Association of REALTORS; [2] Ms. Marcie Strouse, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business; and [3] Ms. Bethany Lilly, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

House HELP Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on DOL’s Fiduciary Rule

"On Thursday, February 15, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled: 'Protecting American Savers and Retirees from DOL's Regulatory Overreach.' ... The hearing is open to the press and will be live-streamed on the Committee's YouTube page."

House Subcommittee to Conduct Oversight Hearing of the Employee Benefits and Security Administration

"On Thursday, June 27, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions ... will hold a hearing titled Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.... 'Instead of advancing initiatives to strengthen and improve employer-sponsored health care plans, the Employee Benefits Security Administration's (EBSA) imprudent regulatory efforts have saddled American workers with higher costs, fewer benefits, and less flexibility,' said Chairman [Bob Good (R-VA)]. ... The hearing will be live-streamed on the Committee's YouTube page."

U.S. House Subcommittee to Discuss Reforms to Modernize the Multiemployer Pension System

"On Wednesday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions ... will hold a hearing on ways to strengthen the retirement security of America's workers.... [This] hearing will provide members an opportunity to examine the challenges facing the multiemployer pension system and ways to improve the system on behalf of workers, employers, retirees, and taxpayers."

House HELP Subcommittee Hearing: Lowering Costs and Increasing Access to Health Care with Employer-Driven Innovation

Video of Jan. 11 hearing, including testimony by [1] Michele Beehler, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories; [2] Laura Josh, California Schools VEBA; [3] Andrea Ducas, Center for American Progress; and [4] Dr. Christopher Whaley, RAND Corporation.

House HELP Subcommittee Hearing: Pension Predators: Stopping Class Action Abuse Against Workers’ Retirement

Video of December 2 hearing, with opening statement by Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) and witness testimony from [1] Mr. Andrew Salek-Raham, Groom Law Group; [2] Ms. Lynn Dudley, American Benefits Council; [3] Mr. William Alvarado Rivera, AARP Foundations; and [4] Mr. Glenn Butash, The ERISA Industry Committee.

House HELP Subcommittee Hearing on Investing for the Future: Honoring ERISA's Promise to Participants

April 30 hearing. Video with opening statement from Chairman Rick Allen (R-GA) and testimony from witnesses: [1] Prof. Max M. Schanzenbach, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law; [2] Mr. Charles Crain, National Association of Manufacturers; [3] Mr. Brandon Rees, American Federation of Labor and Congress Industrial Organizations; and [4] Mr. Ike Brannon, Capitol Policy Analytics.  Also see:  post-hearing recap.

House HELP Subcommittee Hearing: ERISA’s 50th Anniversary: the Path to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care

Video of Apr. 16 hearing. Opening statement, Rep. Bob Good (R-VA); testimony from [1] Mr. Russell DuBose, Phifer Inc.; [2] Ms. Mairin Mancino, Peterson Center on Healthcare; [3] Ms. Karen L. Handorf, Berger Montague; and [4] Mr. Scott Behrens, Lockton Companies.