Social Security
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) spoke at the Alliance for Retired Americans' Retirement Security Symposium and highlighted the need to protect and expand Social Security now.
Hartford, CT – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the announcement that the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2023 will be 8.7 percent.
By Michael Hiltzik
September 29, 2022
One almost has to admire Republicans for the tenacity and determination with which they keep coming up with new ideas for hobbling Social Security.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement in anticipation of the upcoming increase to the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) released this statement following the Ways and Means Committee markup of the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), legislation that would repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).
Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released this statement following President Biden’s calls to protect Social Security from Republican attacks and expand the program for beneficiaries.
Hartford, CT - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the National Day of Action for Social Security to celebrate yesterday’s 87th anniversary of the program.
Max Richtman, President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, wrote the following piece that appeared in The Hill:
Columnist Helaine Olen wrote the following piece that appeared in the Washington Post:
Social Security is an enormously popular program. It’s also hugely effective. Minus their monthly check, a large number of seniors would live in financially straitened circumstances.
Washington, D.C. – A study released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows significant inconsistencies in the expedited appeals process for Social Security disability benefits, raising concerns that individuals facing homelessness or other emergencies may have faced dangerously long delays in their appeals hearings. Cases that fail to qualify for fast tracking regularly wait more than a year or years for a hearing.