Video: Pension Committee chair discusses roll-back in benefits

Video: Pension Committee chair discusses roll-back in benefits

Del. Melony Griffith, House chair of the Joint Committee on Pensions, discusses why the roll-back in pensions for state employees and teachers was necessary.

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2 Comments

  1. postman

    She stated that they have been working on fixing the pension system for several years. If that is so, then why have they not considered making any adjustments to the Legislative Plan? Talk about a cadallaic plan for “part-time” employees!!

  2. Meplath

    Why was she not asked why O’Malley is diverting hundreds of millions of dollars of the extra money employees will pay for their pensions into the General Fund?