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Hardworking Americans who have paid into Social Security expect to receive the benefits they’ve earned. However, some public employees are treated differently than all other workers when it comes time for benefit calculation. Under current law, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) arbitrarily reduces Social Security benefits for teachers, police officers, ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) resigned as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. The Republican Steering Committee will meet to determine the next chairman of the full committee. In the interim, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) will serve as the committee’s acting chairman. During this period all committee business ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced H.R. 3516, the Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act. This legislation would stop the Obama administration’s attempt to limit the Second Amendment rights of millions of Social Security beneficiaries.
Upon introduction, Chairman Johnson said, ...
For 80 years, Social Security has been a promise hardworking, taxpaying Americans can trust — a promise that should they retire, become disabled, or die, a safety net would be there for them and their families. It's an important program on which many Americans rely after a lifetime of hard work.
And yet as Social Security turns 80, that promise is in serious ...
WASHINGTON, DC — House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on the 80th anniversary of Social Security:
"Millions of seniors rely on Social Security, and it should always be there for them, as it was for my family. Today, the program faces serious challenges, and it's our duty to make sure people get ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
“No Americans should ever have to face discrimination in their daily lives. For 25 years, the Americans with ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Social Security and Medicare trustees released their annual reports on the programs’ financial health. The trustees found that, ...
WASHINGTON, DC — This week, reports emerged that the Obama administration is advancing a plan to restrict gun rights by adding to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Social Security beneficiaries who use a "representative payee" to assist in managing their ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on promoting work opportunities for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries.
"So, this is our first, full-committee hearing on Social Security since 2008. And our goal here is to get ahead of the curve. ...
This morning, Ways and Means is holding its first full committee hearing on Social Security in years. The focus is the Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) program—and how to make it work better.
We know that DI is facing a significant funding challenge—the program’s trust fund will soon be exhausted and unless Congress acts, a twenty percent cut ...