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Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance for Morningstar.

And I'm Jeff Patak, Global Director of Manager Research for Morning Star Research Services.

Is there a retirement crisis in the U.S.? And what role does government have in improving the system?

What's the current status of the fiduciary rule? These are just some of the topics that our guest today, Aaron Shapiro,

obsesses over. Aaron is Morningstar's Director of Policy Research. In that role, he and his team

conduct research on various matters of public policy and formulate views on policy proposals

under consideration by Congress and regulatory bodies. Aaron has testified before Congress on how to improve retirement security, and he has an inside

view of how Washington works.

Before venturing into the private sector, he was a senior analyst in the U.S. Government

Accountability Office.

Erin was also on Investment News' 2019 list of 10 most influential millennials.

Aaron is a passionate advocate for improving the financial system so that it works better

for investors of all incomes and ages, and we're thrilled to have them here today.

Erin, thank you so much for being here.

Oh, thanks so much for having me.

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