Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth and Debt Reduction
Small
Business Pension Plans: How Can We Increase Worker Coverage?
June 29, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Member Statements:
Gordon Smith, OR
John F. Kerry, MAWitness Statements:
Panel
Dr. Craig Copeland, Senior Research Associate, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, DC
Mr. Steve Bjerke, Investment Representative, Edward Jones, Pendleton, OR
Mr. Daniel Hall, Regional Pension Manager, The Standard, StanCorp Equities, Inc., Portland, OR
Ms. Paula Calimafde, Chair, Small Business Council of America, Bethesda, MD
Mr. David C. John, Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
Mr. J. Mark Iwry, Senior Advisor, The Retirement Security Project, Washington, DC, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC