Americans across the country pay into Social Security and expect to receive the benefits they have earned when they retire. Unfortunately, because of a well-intended but flawed policy known as the Windfall Elimination Provision, or the WEP, some workers — specifically teachers, firefighters, police officers and others who have paid into Social Security for part of their careers ...
Today, the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), held a hearing to discuss the Social Security Administration's (SSA) aging information technology (IT) infrastructure and examine the agency's plan to update its infrastructure moving forward. After the SSA spent hundreds of millions of dollars with little to show for it on a single IT project, known ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on Modernizing Social Security’s Information Technology Infrastructure.
Remarks as prepared for delivery:
“Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing ...
Hearing Information
Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 10:00 AM in Room B-318 of then Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing Advisory
Witness ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Modernizing Social Security’s Information Technology Infrastructure” on Thursday, July 14, at 10:00 AM in room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building. At the hearing, Members will focus ...
Today, the Social Security Subcommittee held a hearing, chaired by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) to examine the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report. This annual report – released 82 days late – reviews the financial health of the Social Security program, a vital source of ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's Subcommittee hearing reviewing the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report.
Remarks as prepared for delivery:
"This morning, the Social Security Board of Trustees finally released this year’s ...
Hearing Information
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM in Room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing Advisory
Witness List
Stephen C. Goss
Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Board of Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds released their annual reports on the financial health of these important programs—
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing to review the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report on Wednesday, June 22, at 2:00 PM in room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will begin just hours after the Trustees Report is ...