March 03,2006

Grassley: Naming of Senate Pension Reform Conferees Clears Major Hurdle

M E M O R A N D U M

To: Reporters and Editors
Re: Pension conferees named
Da: Friday, March 3, 2006

Ending months of discussion and delay on the Democratic side, today the Senate named
conferees on the pension reform bill. They are nine Republicans: Sens. Grassley, Hatch, Lott,
Snowe, Santorum, Enzi, Gregg, DeWine, and Isakson; and seven Democrats, Sens. Baucus,
Rockefeller, Conrad, Bingaman, Kennedy, Harkin, and Mikulski. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman
of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on this development.

“This pulls pension reform out of the ditch and puts it back on the road. In spite of three
months of delay from the Senate Democratic leadership in appointing conferees on this bipartisan
legislation that passed the Senate 97-2 on Nov. 16, I’m confident we can get a good bill to the
President before the April recess that will strengthen the retirement security of all Americans. I look
forward to continuing the bipartisan work with my colleagues in the House and Senate.”