Public comments prepared for the Texas House Committee on Pensions, Investments and Financial Services.
Chair Capriglione, committee members, thank you for the opportunity to offer our brief perspective on providing a new cash balance retirement benefit for future members of the Judicial Retirement System 2.
My name is Steven Gassenberger, and I serve as a policy analyst based in Houston for the Pension Integrity Project at Reason Foundation. Our team conducts quantitative public pension research and offers pro-bono technical assistance to officials and stakeholders aiming to improve pension resiliency and advance retirement security for public servants in a financially responsible way.
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