If the United States government defaults on a debt payment, it would do serious harm to the U.S. economy—and, worst case scenario, could possibly put us back in a recession. That’s why on Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee is marking up H.R. 692, the Default Prevention Act, a bill that will take away the threat ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, DC — House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today called on the disability community and other interested stakeholders to bring ideas to the table on how best to address the impending depletion of reserves in the Social Security’s ...

At Ways and Means, we confront big challenges—and few are bigger than finding a sustainable solution to the trust fund shortfall in our Disability Insurance (DI) program. But the committee, led by Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), is up to the task. In the first six months of the year, our members have been doing the work needed to advance a ...