Lawmakers Press DOJ for Pension Bailout Overpayment Files (1)

The Justice Department should provide documents to aid a Congressional investigation into pension bailout overpayments resulting from dead participants being improperly counted across multiple plans, according a letter from House committee leaders.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the Committee on Education and the Workforce and subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chair Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) requestedfiles related to the DOJ’s efforts to get excess funds returned by the Teamsters’ Central States Pension Plan and the Graphic Communications National Pension Fund. They also asked for information on other agency activities related to recovering assets paid to multiemployer ...