The First Online Congressional Hearing

Press release, May 24, 2005: Miller, Schakowsky Launch Unprecedented E-Hearing on United Airlines Pension Plans – Online Hearing is Believed to Be First of Its Kind; Witnesses Invited to Provide Testimony Via Email

  • “Representatives George Miller (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) launched an online hearing today – which they believed to be the first-ever e-hearing by the House of Representatives – into United Airlines’ decision to dump $6.6 billion in pension plan liabilities onto the federal pension insurer, a move that will lead to deep benefit cuts for United Airlines’ current and future retirees. Witnesses are invited to submit testimony through this Friday, May 27, by visiting the hearing web site. Miller’s office has solicited testimony from United retirees and employees, from United management, from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the federal pension insurer), and from experts on retirement issues. Miller’s staff will write and distribute a report based on their testimony, and Miller will enter the testimony into the Congressional Record.”
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