Governor DeWine sends letter urging Congress to support Delphi pension act

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has sent a letter to Ohio's Congressional Representatives in Washington, D.C., urging them to support legislation that would restore Delphi retirees pension plans. 

Earlier this year, Congressman Mike Turner and Rep. Dave Joyce, along with several others, reintroduced the Susan Muffley Act of 2025, which aims to restore pensions to over 20,000 Delphi salaried retirees. 

For over 10 years, Delphi salaried retirees have pursued restoration of their pension benefits, and in 2020, President Trump started an executive action to restore the terminated pensions, but his term ended before it could be completed. 

Governor DeWine's letter states that supporting the restoration of the retiree's pensions is not a partisan issue, and that he restoration of these benefits will not
only greatly assist the retirees, but it will also impact their families and communities.

You can read Governor DeWine's full letter below. 

Dear Congressman Carey,

I am writing to urge you to consider cosponsoring, H.R. 1357, the "Susan Muffley Act of 2025,"
introduced in February by Congressman Mike Turner. This legislation seeks to restore the pensions of the
salaried workers of the Delphi Corporation, which were unfairly terminated in 2009.

As you may be aware, Delphi Corporation was a General Motors parts manufacturer that was spun-off
from General Motors in 1999. Delphi entered bankruptcy proceedings in 2005, and then General Motors
was purchased by the Federal Government and required to file for bankruptcy in 2009. As a consequence
of these bankruptcy proceedings, which were guided by the U.S. Treasury and the President's Auto Task
Force and its Auto Team, the pension plan of the Delphi salaried employees was terminated and assumed
by the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), resulting in loss of benefits to the salaried
employees, with some employees losing up to 70% of their earned benefits. At the same time, the
pensions of other Delphi employees were saved, leading to the federal government's unfair and
inequitable treatment of different groups of employees of the same corporation.

For 11 years, the Delphi Salaried Retirees have pursued restoration of their pension benefits in the courts
through a lawsuit against the PBGC. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the retirees appeal of a
lower court decision in 2021, leaving congressional action and legislation, such as H.R. 1357, as their
only solution.

This is not a partisan issue. President Trump started an executive action to restore the terminated
pensions of Delphi in 2020, but his term ended before it could be completed. A similar bill with the same
purpose, H.R. 6929, was introduced in 2022, and the Biden Administration issued a Statement of
Administration Policy in support. H.R.6929 passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 with broad
bipartisan backing, but was not taken up by the U.S. Senate prior to the end of that Congress.

H.R. 1357 will restore the pension benefits of over 20,000 Delphi Salaried Retirees, including over 5,100
Ohioans, living in 222 communities in 53 of Ohio's counties. The restoration of these benefits will not
only greatly assist the retirees, but it will also impact their families and communities. I encourage you to
join the other members of the Ohio delegation who are supporting the Delphi Salaried Retirees in their
pursuit of fairness.

Very respectfully yours,
Mike DeWine
Governor