Preventing the Next Bailout
Ripon Society Bully Pulpit Policy Conference
on Looming Pension Crisis
Thursday, April 29, 2010


Photos by Marty LaVor

Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute discusses the pension crisis and the extensive work he has done in that area.

Jim Conzelman, President & CEO of The Ripon Society laughs at a joke told by one of the speakers.

A crowd of about 90 turned out for The Ripon Society Bully Pulpit Policy Conference on the looming pension crisis.

Audience members listen to the discussion.

Diana Furchgott Roth of the Hudson Institute speaks to the conference about the pension crisis.

Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson discusses the reform efforts he has led in the Senate and the challenges facing companies in his home state.

House Education and Labor Committee Ranking Member John Kline talks about the pension crisis and the fact that Congress is dragging its feet on reform.

Former Louisiana Congressman Jim McCrery moderated the policy conference and shared his insights on the issue from his experience as a member of the Ways and Means Committee.

Greg Dean, Chief Counsel of Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, discusses the status of pension reform efforts on Capitol Hill.

Ohio Congressman Pat Tiberi, Ranking Member on the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue and author of a House pension reform bill, discusses his efforts to move reform forward.

The crowd listens to Congressman Tiberi discuss the need for pension reform.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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