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U.S.
Congressman John Boehner
White
House Must Explain Its Role
in Delphi Pension Scandal
WASHINGTON,
D.C. – Congressman John
Boehner (R-West Chester) released the following statement calling on
the Obama
administration to release all records associated with the decision to
slash
pensions for non-union auto workers at Delphi during the
taxpayer-funded auto
bailout:
“Thousands
of auto workers in Ohio,
Michigan, and elsewhere deserve to know what role the Obama
administration
played in cutting their pensions while protecting the president’s union
allies.
A report by the nonpartisan GAO made it evident that unions were given
preferential treatment during the taxpayer-funded bailout while
non-union
workers saw their pensions cut by up to 70 percent. And new documents
that have
been uncovered raise even more questions. The administration should
stop
stonewalling and start turning over all of the information requested by
Congress at once. If the White House is going to boast about its auto
bailout,
it has an obligation to explain its involvement in the pension scandal
to
Delphi workers, their families, and taxpayers.
“The
Delphi pension scandal
underscores the danger of government bureaucrats picking winners and
losers in
the private sector. That’s why Republicans have focused on getting our
economy
moving by getting government out of the way, and removing barriers –
like the
president’s small business tax hike – that make it harder to create
jobs. The
American people need a president who will do the same.”
NOTE:
In 2010, then-Republican
Leader John Boehner and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) asked the
non-partisan
Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the Delphi
pension
scandal. The GAO agreed and issued its first report in early 2011.
Congressman
Boehner said the GAO report made it “more evident than ever that there
was
preferential treatment given to the unions at the expense of Delphi
retirees.” You can
read more about this
issue courtesy the House Ways & Means Committee here.
Read
this article with links at Boehner’s House
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