Today, some workers do not receive the Social Security benefits they have earned when they reach retirement. It’s because of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)—a well-intended but flawed policy that treats some workers, like teachers, firefighters, and police officers, differently than other workers. Ways and Means Committee ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the House of Representatives passed eight pieces of Ways and Means Committee legislation to solve a range of challenges facing the American people. These bills will improve the lives of workers and job creators, support our Olympians and Paralympians, expand access to quality health care, and strengthen trade rules ...
Today, the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), held a hearing on the financial health of the federal government’s biggest program: Social Security. While it’s widely known
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing entitled “Understanding Social Security’s Solvency Challenge." Remarks as prepared ...
Tonight, the House will vote on eight bills from the Ways and Means Committee to solve a range of challenges facing the American people. The bills will improve the lives of workers and job creators, support our Olympians and Paralympians, expand access to quality health care, and strengthen trade rules to prevent trafficking in cultural property that could fund ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Understanding Social Security’s Solvency Challenge” on Wednesday, September 21, at 10:00 AM in room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building. This hearing will focus on the differences ...
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 ...
At the start of 2016, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) laid out an ambitious, pro-growth agenda that included: Tax reforms to boost investment and job creation; Welfare reforms to help more people join the workforce and achieve the American ...
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 ...