mr THOMAS LUSSIER

Support for legislation to amend the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Law.

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

Opposition to provision of HR 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that would expand the application of the Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) to public employee retirement systems.

1. General support for defined benefit pension plans in the public sector; including opposition to the concepts embodied in H.R. 4822, the Public Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) (prior Congress); to the so-called annuity accumulation plan (as previously proposed by Senator Hatch; and general opposition to any legislation that would undermine the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2. Support for reforms proposed by H.R. 711, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015 (prior Congress)

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

1. General support for defined benefit pension plans in the public sector; including opposition to the concepts embodied in H.R. 4822, the Public Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) (prior Congress); to the so-called annuity accumulation plan (as previously proposed by Senator Hatch; and general opposition to any legislation that would undermine the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2. Support for reforms proposed by H.R. 711, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015 (prior Congress)

Opposition to provision of HR 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that would expand the application of the Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) to public employee retirement systems.

1. General support for defined benefit pension plans in the public sector; including opposition to the concepts embodied in H.R. 4822, the Public Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) (prior Congress); to the so-called annuity accumulation plan (as previously proposed by Senator Hatch; and general opposition to any legislation that would undermine the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2. Support for reforms proposed by H.R. 711, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015 (prior Congress)

1. General support for defined benefit pension plans in the public sector; including opposition to the concepts embodied in H.R. 4822, the Public Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) (prior Congress); to the so-called annuity accumulation plan (as previously proposed by Senator Hatch; and general opposition to any legislation that would undermine the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2. Support for reforms proposed by H.R. 711, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015 (prior Congress)

1. General support for defined benefit pension plans in the public sector; including opposition to the concepts embodied in H.R. 4822, the Public Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) (prior Congress); to the so-called annuity accumulation plan (as previously proposed by Senator Hatch; and general opposition to any legislation that would undermine the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2. Support for reforms proposed by H.R. 711, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015 (prior Congress)

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law similar to H.R. 711 "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015) (prior Congress).

1. Support The Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act (S.3056). The bill would provide a clear solution to abusive, anti-competitive business practices that increase costs to the American health care system by impeding patient access to generic medicines. 2. Support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Part B Drug Payment Model. 3. General support for a legislative response to projected increases in Medicare Part B premiums and the Part B deductible in 2017.

1. Support The Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act (S.3056). The bill would provide a clear solution to abusive, anti-competitive business practices that increase costs to the American health care system by impeding patient access to generic medicines. 2. Support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Part B Drug Payment Model. 3. General support for a legislative response to projected increases in Medicare Part B premiums and the Part B deductible in 2017.

1 Opposition to H.R. 4822, the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) and to the annuity accumulation plan proposed by Sen. Hatch; general support for defined benefit retirement plans; and general opposition to legislation that would undermined the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2 Support for H.R. 711 "The Equal Protection of Public Servants Act of 2015"

1 Opposition to H.R. 4822, the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) and to the annuity accumulation plan proposed by Sen. Hatch; general support for defined benefit retirement plans; and general opposition to legislation that would undermined the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2 Support for H.R. 711 "The Equal Protection of Public Servants Act of 2015"

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

1 Opposition to Sections 202 and 203 of S. 2381, "Puerto Rico Assistance Act of 2015; general support for defined benefit retirement plans; general opposition to legislation that would undermined the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2 Support for H.R. 711 "The Equal Protection of Public Servants Act of 2015"

1 Opposition to Sections 202 and 203 of S. 2381, "Puerto Rico Assistance Act of 2015; general support for defined benefit retirement plans; general opposition to legislation that would undermined the independence of state and local employee pension plans. 2 Support for H.R. 711 "The Equal Protection of Public Servants Act of 2015"

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

1. Support The Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act (S.3056). The bill would provide a clear solution to abusive, anti-competitive business practices that increase costs to the American health care system by impeding patient access to generic medicines. 2. Support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Part B Drug Payment Model.

1. General support for the Senate Finance Committee's Chronic Care Working Group Policy Options Document. We support bipartisan solutions to address the needs of the millions of Americans nationwide living with chronic medical conditions. 2. Oppose CMS proposal to cut payments to Employer Group Waiver Plans (EGWP) for the 2017 calendar year.

1. Strongly believe that biologics and biosimilars should be required to have the same International Nonproprietary Name(INN). Oppose the FDAs most recent proposal to add a suffix to traditional INNs. 2. General support for generic drugs (i.e. Hatch-Waxman) and support for enhanced access to biogeneric and biosimilar drugs. Opposition to increases in exclusivity for brand manufacturers that would have the effect of burdening consumers, large and small businesses,and state and federal governments with unnecessary increased prescription drug costs through delayed generic and biosimilar entry. 3. Support the Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act (H.R. 2841). 4. General support for the work being done by the bipartisan Senate working group on chronic care.

General support for generic drugs (i.e. Hatch-Waxman) and support for enhanced access to biogeneric and biosimilar drugs. Opposition to increases in exclusivity for brand manufacturers that would have the effect of burdening consumers, large and small businesses,and state and federal governments with unnecessary increased prescription drug costs through delayed generic and biosimilar entry.

Opposition to Sections 202 and 203 of S. 2381, "Puerto Rico Assistance Act of 2015; support for H.R. 711, "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015"; general support for defined benefit retirement plans; general opposition to legislation that would undermined the independence of state and local employee pension plans.

Support for H.R. 711, "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015"; general support for defined benefit retirement plans; general opposition to legislation that would undermined the independence of state and local employee pension plans.

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

Support for H.R. 711, "The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015"; general support for defined benefit retirement plans; general opposition to legislation that would undermined the independence of state and local employee pension plans.

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

General support for public sector defined benefit retirement programs and related federal tax policy; support for H.R. 711, The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015; opposition to mandatory Social Security for state and local public employees; opposition to any legislation that would limit the independence of state and local public pension plans relative to the design and governance of public pension benefits.

Support for H.R. 711 The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015.

Support for legislation to amend the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Law. Opposition to mandatory coverage for State and local public employees. Support for (and education relative to) public sector defined benefit retirement plans. Opposition to any Federal intervention into the administration of public employee retirement systems.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for State and local public employees.

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

General support for defined benefit retirement plans and opposition to any Federal intervention into the benefits, funding or governance of state and local pension plans. Also, opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local public employees and support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security law.

Support for the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act; opposition to legislation that would undermine the Dodd-Frank Act.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local government employees.

Support for reform of the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) payment model.

Support for reform of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security Act.

Support for legislation that would repeal or modify the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and/or the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) sections of the Social Security Act.

Support for bipartisan legislation to reform the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR); opposition to effort to link SGR reform to ACA amendments.

General support for Social Security; including specific opposition to mandatory coverage for state and local government employees.

General support for the provisions of the Affordable Care Act; including support for repeal of the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate and replacement with a payment model based on value and quality.

Support for the Dodd-Frank Act; including opposition to legislation that would undermine or weaken the original act.

Support for flexibility and certain grandfather provisions within any proposed definition of a governmental pension plan.; specific discussion regarding the possible application of a rule to charter school employees.

Opposition to any legislation that would mandate Social Security coverage of State and local government employees.

Support for rulemaking required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; general support rulemaking that would be consistent with CalPERS governance priorities; and specific support for rulemaking that would require disclosure of corporate political spending.

Support for legislation that would provide public pension funds access to the Death Master File (DMF) produced by the Social Security Administration.

General support for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act; including implementation of a meaningful pathway to biogeneric pharmaceuticals. Support for repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate and a new payment model based on quality and value. Also, support for rulemaking that is consistent with CalPERS health plans and cost-containment initiatives.

Support for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); including opposition to legislation that would repeal and/or undermine provisions of the ACA. Support for repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and quality/value based payment reforms.

General support for the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and related financial reform issues.

Support for public sector defined benefit pension plans; opposition to any Federal regulation of state and local public employee retirement systems. Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local public employees.

Support for reform of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security Act.

Support for FDA approval of biosimilar/biogeneric drugs.

Support for reform or repeal of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security Act.

Support for rulemaking that is consistent with provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act; specifically including rules relative to collateral segregation and business conduct standards.

Opposition to mandatory Sociall Security coverage for state and local government employees and related Social Security issues, including the repeal/reform of GPO and WEP.

General support for public sector defined benefit retirement systems; including concerns relative to legislation regarding the tax status of public pension plans and a report of the Joint Economic Committee regarding the sustainability of public benefits.

Support for implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act; including development of pro-investor regulations consistent with the Act and the inclusion of an CalPERS representative on the SEC Investor Advisory Committee.

Support for defined benefit retirement programs in the public sector; including opposition to H.R. 567/S. 347 (Public Employee Pension Transparency Act); opposition to SEC financial disclosure requirements that would negatively impact current public retirement accounting and actuarial practices as determined by GASB

Support for defined benefit retirement programs in the public sector; including opposition to H.R. 567/S. 347 (Public Employee Pension Transparency Act).

Support for disclosure of corporate political spending; support for the full implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act (including implementation of the derivative-related provisions); and general support for IFRS accounting standards.

Support for implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act; including opposition to legislation that would repeal provisions fo the Act.

Support for defined benefit retirement programs in the public sector; including opposition to H.R. 567/S.347 (Public Employee Pension Transparency Act).

Support for repeal/reform of the GPO and WEP provisions of the Social Security Law.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local government employees and related Social Security issues, including the repeal/reform of GPO and WEP.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local government employees and related Social Security issues, including the repeal/reform of GPO and WEP.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local government employees and related Social Security issues, including the repeal/reform of GPO and WEP.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local government employees and related Social Security issues, including the repeal/reform of GPO and WEP.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local government employees and related Social Security issues, including the repeal/reform of GPO and WEP.

General support for the implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act.

General support for the implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act.

General support for the implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act

Support for repeal/reform the GPO and WEP provisions of the Social Security Law.

Support repeal/reform of the GPO and WEP provisions of the Social Security Law.

Support for the repeal/reform of the GPO and WEP provisions of the Social Security Law.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local government employees and related Social Security issues, including the repeal/reform of GPO and WEP.

Ongoing support for the reform/repeal of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security system.

Ongoing support for repeal/reform of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security law.

Support for effective implementation of the Affordable Care Act; including additional cost-containment initiatives.

Support for the financial market reform legislation; including specific support for corporate governance, credit rating, derivative reforms and a general support for transparency and accountability.

Support for defined benefit retirement plans in the public sector and opposition to any Federal intervention into the governance of state and local pension plans.

Support for amendments to reform the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) provisions of the Social Security Act.

General support for national health care reform legislation.

Support for comprehensive financial market reforms; including support for a strong and independent SEC and for aggressive corporate governance reforms.

Repeal or reform of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Law.

Support for comprehensive health care reform particularly as it relates to public sector health care purchasers.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local governmental employees and related issues.

Support for comprehensive financial market reforms; including support for a strong and independent SEC and for aggressive corporate governance reforms.

General support for national health care reform.

General discussions regarding the application of the Internal Revenue Code and the need for related guidance on public employee retirement systems.

Support for legislation (including amendments to the national health care reform initiative) that would achieve a pathway to generic biopharmaceutical drugs.

General discussions regarding application of the Internal Revenue Code and the need for related guidance on public retirement systems.

Support for comprehensive financial market reforms; including support for a strong and independent SEC and for aggressive corporate governance reforms.

Repeal or reform of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Law.

Repeal or reform of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Law.

Support for comprehensive health care reform particularly as it relates to public sector health care purchasers.

Support for comprehensive health care reform particularly as it relates to public sector health care purchasers.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local governmental employees and related issues.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local governmental employees and related issues.

Support for Waxman-Markey climate change legislation and related regulatory disclosure requirements.

Support for comprehensive financial market reforms; including support for a strong and independent SEC and for aggressive corporate governance reforms.

Support for legislation that would achieve a pathway to generic biopharmaceutical drugs.

Opposition to mandatory Social Security coverage for state and local governmental employees and related issues.

Support for Waxman-Deal biogeneric legislation and its Senate companion and oppose Eshoo-Barton biogeneric legislation and its Senate companion.

Support for comprehensive financial market reform; including support for a strong SEC and for aggressive corporate governance reforms.

Oppose Treasury/IRS decision to impose new tax table (required by Pay-for-Work provision of the economic stimulus act) on retired annuitants of public employee retirement systems.

Repeal or reform of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Law.

Support for comprehensive health care reform particularly as it relates to public sector health care purchasers.

Support for comprehensive health care reform particularly as it relates to public sector health care purchasers.

Support for comprehensive health care reform particularly as it relates to public sector health care purchasres.