U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) helped introduce legislation today to permanently protect pensions for our coal miners and their widows.
Rep. Jenkins is an original cosponsor of the Miners Pensions Protection Act, introduced by Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.). The legislation builds on the recent permanent fix of miners' healthcare benefits, ensuring miners' pensions are protected for themselves, their families and their widows.
"Our miners deserve peace of mind after decades of hard work in the mines. For the miners who are no longer with us, they trusted that the benefits they earned would provide for their wives after they were gone. It's time to keep the promise and protect the pensions they worked so hard to secure. We were able to get the job done to secure their healthcare benefits, and must now do the same for their pensions too," Rep. Jenkins said.