Susan Muffley Act 2025 Introduced in the House

Rep. Turner Reintroduces Bill to Restore Delphi Salaried Retirees’ Pensions

February 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) joined representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), and Gwen Moore (WI-04) to reintroduce the Susan Muffley Act of 2025 – H.R.1357.

This bipartisan effort is aimed at restoring pensions for over 21,000 Delphi Salaried Retirees, including approximately 5,180 in Ohio. Named in honor of the late wife of a Delphi retiree, the legislation seeks to provide financial relief to those whose pensions were reduced or eliminated following Delphi’s bankruptcy.

“I have remained steadfast in my fight to restore the pensions of Delphi Salaried Retirees,” said Congressman Mike Turner. “While this has been a long time coming, the strong bipartisan support gives us hope that we can finally right this wrong for those who lost their pensions.”

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Sen. Husted Introduces Delphi Salaried Retirees Pension Bill

Sen. Husted Introduces Senate Bill S.1950.

WASHINGTON – Sens. Jon Husted (R-OH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Susan Muffley Act of 2025. Cosponsoring are Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS). This bipartisan, bicameral bill would restore the pensions of more than 21,000 Delphi salaried retirees, including approximately 5,180 in Ohio.

“Delphi salaried retirees were robbed of their pensions and the stable retirement they worked hard for throughout their careers. It’s right and fair to ensure these workers—including more than 5,100 Ohioans—receive the pensions they earned,” said Husted.

Sen. Husted press release

U.S. Government Wrongfully Terminated Delphi Salaried Retirement Plan in 2009

BACKGROUND:  Delphi Corporation was the largest parts supplier to General Motors (GM) in 2009 when the Obama Administration created an Auto Team to save the U.S. auto industry during the Great Recession.  Leading GM through an unprecedented 40-day bankruptcy, the Auto Team decided that Delphi’s traditionally well-funded salaried pension plan should be terminated while hourly pension plans should be saved. But the Auto Team’s mission clashed with the mission that Congress gave to the PBGC.

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We Have Been Heard – "Regular Order" on Our Issue Has Been Satisfied – 7 Hearings Already – Now We Need Action to Right This Wrong

Between 2009 and 2013, Congress has held hearings seven times to look into the circumstances surrounding the termination of the Delphi salaried pension plan and how it was connected with the U.S. Government leading General Motors through its 40-day bankruptcy in 2009.
 
Hearing #1 — October 29, 2009
Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions Committee (Full Committee)
Pensions in Peril: Helping Workers Preserve Retirement Security Through a Recession
 
Hearing #2 — December 2, 2009
House Committee on Education and Labor
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions
Examining the Delphi Bankruptcy’s Impact on Workers and Retirees
 

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Nine Senators Ask for a Senate Finance Committee Hearing for The Susan Muffley Act of 2023

In a recent letter, nine U.S. senators from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and one from Wisconsin, joined together in a bipartisan request for a hearing by the Senate Finance Committee.
The request is to Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Democratic chair, and ranking Republican member, of the Senate Finance Committee. The nine senators ask that the Committee hold a hearing on the Susan Muffley Act of 2023 (S.2277).
This is a positive step because some Senate leaders believe that "regular order" should be applied to The Susan Muffley Act. This term is defined as semi-strict or strict application of committee and subcommittee processes, including public hearing opportunities and the holding of multiple votes.
  1. Susan Muffley Act, H.R.735 / S.2277 – Bipartisan – Not a Bailout – Not Precedent-Setting
  2. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Mike Turner Press Conference — Supporting Delphi Salaried Retirees
  3. U.S. Representatives Mike Turner, Dan Kildee, Claudia Tenney, and Gwen Moore Reintroduce Bipartisan Susan Muffley Act to Restore Delphi Salaried Retirement Plan
  4. Susan Muffley Act Introduced in The Senate as S. 2277

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