{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20131216153647/http://www.brown.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/release/sen-brown-introduces-amendment-to-sgr-legislation-that-would-extend-health-coverage-tax-credit-for-delphi-salaried-retirees", "Sen. Brown Introduces Amendment to SGR Legislation That Would Extend Health Coverage Tax Credit for Delphi Salaried Retirees", "2013-12-12", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Sherrod Brown", "B000944", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Brown Continues to Stand by Delphi Retirees and Pursue Solutions to Lost Benefits\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tThursday, December 12, 2013\n            \n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced an amendment to the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) that would extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) one year for Delphi salaried retirees. This important tax credit would help the Delphi workers afford health coverage after losing much of their pensions and benefits. He was joined by U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).\n\u201cWhile the HCTC is no substitute for a job, this is a fair extension of health care tax credits for workers who lose their jobs or retirees who lost their benefits due to no fault of their own,\u201d Brown said.\u00a0\u201cThe HCTC would ensure that the loss of their benefits doesn\u2019t mean the loss of their health coverage.\u201d\u00a0\nWithout Congressional action, the HCTC will expire at the end of 2013. The HCTC helps trade-affected workers; select groups of retirees, like Delphi salaried retirees; and their families purchase private health coverage to replace the employer-sponsored coverage they lost. It currently makes health insurance coverage more affordable by providing a 72.5 percent tax credit to eligible workers. Today\u2019s amendment would extend the tax credit at the same rate for an additional year.\nIn August, Brown introduced a bill with Rockefeller and U.S. Sens. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) to expand and permanently extend the HCTC for Delphi salaried retirees as a part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. The Health Care Coverage for Displaced Works Act would permanently extend the HCTC so that it no longer requires constant reauthorization, and expand the HCTC to 80 percent, a nearly ten percent increase from the current rate.\nIn April 2013, Brown announced that the Department of the Treasury agreed to meet with the Delphi Salaried Retirees Association (DSRA). This announcement came on the heels of Brown\u2019s efforts to push the Obama Administration to meet with the Delphi salaried retirees and to pursue efforts that would restore the retirees\u2019 pensions and benefits.\nIn September 2012, Brown and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-13) introduced legislation that would restore the full pensions of Delphi retirees. The bill would transfer certain proceeds from the sale of government stock of General Motors to a fund at the U.S. Treasury Department that would supplement payment to the Delphi retirees. Earlier this year, Ryan introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives that would continue HCTC for Delphi Retirees.\u00a0\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20131216153647/http://www.brown.senate.gov:80/newsroom/press/release/sen-brown-introduces-amendment-to-sgr-legislation-that-would-extend-health-coverage-tax-credit-for-delphi-salaried-retirees"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5353129711002111, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}