Biden in Ohio spotlights effort to rescue union pensions
Associated PressCLEVELAND — Reassuring frustrated blue-collar voters, President Joe Biden on Wednesday visited Ohio iron workers to highlight federal action to shore up troubled pension funding for millions now on the job or retired — and to make his political case that he’s been a champion for workers in the White House. “Well, I’m here today to say we’ve done something about it.” “We’re turning a promise broken, into a promise kept.” The roughly 200 pension plans receiving assistance faced possible insolvency without government aid. In a sign of Biden’s standing in the state, Ryan didn’t appear with him at Wednesday’s event, but White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the administration was “in close contact with Congressman Tim Ryan in particular.” Biden in his speech noted Ryan’s absence and referred to him as the “future” U.S. senator from Ohio. She added, “The former president — the Donald — didn’t do anything.” Biden, too, sharply criticized his predecessor, as well as “Trumpers” in Congress who continue to support the former president’s agenda.
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