Senate Budget Committee Chairman Whitehouse Advances Bipartisan REEF Act to Protect Railroad Workers Unemployment, Sickness Insurance Benefits
March 07, 2024
March 07, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024:
This morning, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, held a legislative markup of S. 1274, the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act. The bipartisan legislation would permanently exempt railroad workers' unemployment and sickness insurance benefits from mandated sequestra . . .
This morning, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, held a legislative markup of S. 1274, the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act. The bipartisan legislation would permanently exempt railroad workers' unemployment and sickness insurance benefits from mandated sequestra . . .