Durbin, Duckworth Help Secure Illinois Miners' Pensions, Health Care Coverage In Year-End Funding Bill
December 19, 2019
December 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that the Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations bill will protect miners' pensions and health care coverage for retirees impacted by 2018 and 2019 mine bankruptcies. The Bipartisan American Miners Act, included in the final funding package, secures lifetime health care benefits for the 13,000 miners who would have lost their ben . . .
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that the Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations bill will protect miners' pensions and health care coverage for retirees impacted by 2018 and 2019 mine bankruptcies. The Bipartisan American Miners Act, included in the final funding package, secures lifetime health care benefits for the 13,000 miners who would have lost their ben . . .