Spartz Talks Trump; Appearing in Westfield
U.S. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, R-Ind. 5th District, has a couple of upcoming Town Hall meetings, one in Hamilton County.
On Friday, March 28 the Congresswoman will meet with citizens at the city hall in Westfield beginning at 6 p.m. and lasting until around 8. The following day she’ll be in Muncie from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the city hall.
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SPARTZ AND 13 of her House colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation to fully restore retirement benefits of the Delphi retirees.
In 2009, over twenty thousand salaried employees lost their full benefits after the auto industry collapse and Delphi’s bankruptcy. In July of 2009 a formerly fully funded pension plan was dissolved, and all assets were transferred to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation (PBGC). Due to the Great Recession and crash of the financial markets, the fair market value of the assets at the time was not sufficient to cover pension liabilities and retiree benefits were reduced.
The bill uses the appreciated assets formerly owned by the Delphi Salaried Pension Plan and currently held by the PBGC to restore benefits with no fiscal impact to the federal budget.
“This bill restores retirement benefits for thousands of hard-working Americans wronged by the politics of an auto-industry bailout in 2009 with no fiscal impact to the taxpayers,” said Spartz. “This issue has not been resolved for too long, and I appreciate the bipartisan support to finally bring justice for so many people around the country.”
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THIS WEEK, Spartz spoke to multiple media outlets on recent developments on the war in Ukraine and President Trump’speace through strength policies.
“According to the media and the failed foreign policy establishment, you either support giving Ukraine an unlimited blank check written by American taxpayers while America’s borders are overrun, or you are pro-Putin,” she said. “Nothing could be further from the truth. It’s not a binary choice. It’s just another false choice given to us by the same book-smart “intellectuals” who gave us Vietnam and Iraq, and handed Afghanistan back to the Taliban in disgrace.
“As someone who spent over a decade in business and finance, I ran for Congress to fix our destructive national debt, broken health care system and burdensome regulations. I guess my plate was not full enough, and I had to become directly involved with major national security crises abroad – dealing with evacuating Americans in Afghanistan and a major war in Europe. I probably could write a book about all the things I have learned being on the ground in Europe, the Middle East and the frontlines of a war-torn Ukraine, but now is not the time for writing books. We already have too many book writers. It reminds me of what Cicero said when the Roman Republic was falling: “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
“The situation in Ukraine is difficult and dangerous. Unfortunately, my appeals to Congress and the Biden Administration to implement proper oversight and a clear strategy for Ukraine in July of 2022 were not implemented by and large, and I was right when I said at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that if we do not deal with Russia decisively, we will have a further escalation of conflicts. Now, the world is on fire. Russia is again advancing in Ukraine; Israel, our key ally in the Middle East, was attacked by Hamas terrorists; Iran is on the brink of obtaining nuclear weapons; Iranian-backed Houthis, who were taken off the terrorist list by the Biden Administration and given $1B from the Ukrainian aid, are attacking our ships; and Iranian-backed terrorists attacked our base in Syria, killing Americans. Meanwhile, China continues to flex its growing military muscle on the world stage and threatens Taiwan.”
U.S. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz, Noblesville, is a Republican who represents Indiana’s fifth Congressional District.