Letters to Congress
ERIC Calls on Congress to Preserve Employer-Provided Retirement System
Washington, D.C. -- ERIC on April 17 joined 28 other trade associations in submitting a statement for the record for a House Ways and Means… More
ERIC Working to Include Pension Stabilization Proposal in Senate Transportation Bill
ERIC, along with seven other business trade groups, on February 28 sent to key Senators a statement of support for a pension-funding… More
ERIC Urges Congress to Extend and Expand Retiree Health Benefits Paid for with Overfunded Pensions
Washington, D.C. –The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) on February 21 urged House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp and Ranking Member Sander Levin to continue allowing companies to make transfers from overfunded pension plans to pay for retiree health care and to expand current law to include retiree life insurance. … More
ERIC Continues Strongly Opposing PBGC Premium Proposal
ERIC continues to lobby Members of Congress in strongly opposing the Obama’s Administration’s proposal to increase flat-rate… More
ERIC, ABC, Business Roundtable, and U.S. Chamber Call on Congress to Oppose PBGC Premium Increase; Argue that PBGC Deficit Product of Artificially Low Interest Rates
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), along with the American Benefits Council, Business Roundtable, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on November 11 warned that the PBGC’s purported deficit is a “non-event on the horizon,” and called on Congress to oppose the proposal to increase PBGC premiums.… More
ERIC Urges “Super Committee” to Reject PBGC Authority to Raise Its Own Premium
ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: September 22, 2011 Washington, D.C. -- In a letter to members of the Joint Deficit Reduction… More
ERIC Urges Congress to Oppose Proposals to Increase PBGC Premiums
ERIC, along with several other business groups, on June 6 wrote to all Members of Congress urging the lawmakers to oppose the proposal to… More
ERIC Offers Support for Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act
ERIC, as part of the Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity, wrote to House Ways and Means Committee Member Jim McDermott (D-WA),… More
ERIC Expresses “Serious Concern” to Congress Regarding Administration’s PBGC Premium Proposal
ERIC, along with several other trade associations, on April 4 wrote to the chairmen and ranking members of the key House and Senate… More
ERIC Urges Senate Finance Committee to Preserve Tax Incentives for Retirement Savings
ERIC along with several other trade associations submitted a joint statement for the record for a March 30th tax reform hearing before the… More
ERIC Urges Congress to Fix Swap Provisions in Financial Reform Legislation
ERIC, along with over 150 plan sponsors and organizations, on June 11 urged House and Senate conferees working to finalize the financial… More
ERIC Urges Congress to Approve Meaningful Pension Funding Relief
ERIC News Release For Immediate Release: May 21, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Washington, D.C.-based… More
ERIC Urges Senate to Drop Provision Imposing Fiduciary Duty on Use of Swaps in Pension Plan Investing
As the full Senate continues debating broad financial regulatory reform legislation (the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of… More
Labor Secretary Says Administration Supports DB Funding Relief
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on April 13 wrote to the chairs of the House Education and Labor Committee and the Ways and Means Committee,… More
Congress Must Consider Critical Health Care Reform Implementation Issues
Washington, DC -- In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi… More
Massachusetts Election Complicates Efforts on Health Reform
While President Obama and Congressional Democratic leaders have been holding marathon meetings over the last couple of weeks in an effort to… More
ERIC Continues Urging Congress to Enact Pension Funding Relief
ERIC along with 239 other signatories, representing individual companies, trade associations, charitable organizations, pension funds and… More
ERIC and Over 400 Organizations Express Opposition to House Health Care Reform Bill
ERIC and over 400 other companies and organizations on November 4 wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John… More
