{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/heidi-in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=2BBB478A-C9A4-4D79-8D6A-64F11276F27C", "KFYR: Heitkamp introduces bill to fix Central States Pension Fund", "2017-11-21", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "ND", "Heidi Heitkamp", "H001069", "www.heitkamp.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Andrew Horn \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tBISMARCK, N.D. -\u00a0Thousands of North Dakotans with pension plans through Central States Pension Plan might lose their benefits after paying into the plan while they worked.\r\n\r\nSen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., announced a bill Tuesday that would make that fund solvent again.\r\n\r\nMore than 70 people came to the Teamsters Union Hall in Bismarck, some of them giving emotional speeches about how they rely on the pension. The bill would give the fund cash by selling bonds backed by the treasury department and prevent any cut in benefits. Heitkamp says she wants to give retirees stability.\r\n\u201cIf the pension fund goes insolvent, and we tap into the guaranteed fund and that doesn't cover it. It means people won't have pension,\u201d said Heitkamp.\r\nCentral States Pension Plan has about 400,000 retirees that could be affected.", 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://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/heidi-in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=2BBB478A-C9A4-4D79-8D6A-64F11276F27C"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7499979585409164, "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"}