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, D.C. – House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Social Security and Public Servants: Ensuring Equal Treatment” on Tuesday, March 22 at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building. At the hearing, members will discuss two ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the introduction of a package of Ways and Means bills that will decrease the national debt, reduce fraud and cut wasteful Washington spending. All together, these three bills will save a combined $16.5 billion over two years and a total ...
WASHINGTON. D.C. – In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task force, marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans will present to the country in the ...
When President Obama took office in 2009, he said that fixing Social Security was a top priority. On January 16, 2009, he promised to deliver leadership:
“What we have done is kicked this can down the road. We are now at the end of the ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican and Democratic lawmakers today expressed strong optimism that they will soon introduce a legislative proposal to help strengthen the retirement security of working families and ensure retirement advisors protect their clients' best interests. As bipartisan concerns continue to grow over a regulatory proposal by the Department of Labor that many fear ...
Washington, DC — Today Kevin Brady, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced the selection of new subcommittee chairs and subcommittee assignments for Republican Members of the committee. The new assignments were necessitated by the election of former committee chairman Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House, Brady’s selection to ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following remarks today laying out his vision for the committee as it looks to advance Speaker Ryan’s pro-growth agenda throughout the rest of the 114th Congress.
"Let me start by saying it is truly an honor to chair this committee. And it is even more of an honor to be passed the gavel ...
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, ...
