Subcommittee Hearing

Small Business Pension Plans: How Can We Increase Worker Coverage?


Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth and Debt Reduction Date: Thursday, June 29, 2006 Time: 02:30 PM Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements


  1.  Gordon Smith (R - OR)
  2.  John F. Kerry (D - MA)

Witnesses


  1. Craig Copeland
    Senior Research Associate
    Employee Benefit Research Institute
    Washington , DC
  2. Steve Bjerke
    Investment Representative
    Edward Jones
    Pendleton , OR
  3. Daniel Hall
    Regional Pension Manager
    The Standard, StanCorp Equities, Inc.
    Portland , OR
  4. Paula Calimafde
    Chair
    Small Business Council of America
    Bethesda , MD
  5. David C. John
    Senior Research Fellow
    The Heritage Foundation
    Washington , DC
  6. J. Mark Iwry
    Senior Advisor, Nonresident Senior Fellow
    The Retirement Security Project, The Brookings Institution
    Washington , DC

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