Social Security

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Committee Member Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Know Your Social Security Act.

House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Collins v. Yellen.

Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a study titled “Social Security Disability: Process Needed to Review Productivity Expectations for Administrative Law Judges” that was requested by Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01).

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), Ranking Member Tom Reed (R-NY), and 13 original bipartisan cosponsors introduced the Work Without Worry Act.

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) chaired a hearing on “Equity in Social Security: In Their Own Words.” During the hearing witnesses highlighted why Social Security must be strengthened and expanded.

Today, House Ways and Means Committee Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis and Ranking Member Jackie Walorski and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson and Ranking Member Tom Reed released the following statement regarding GAO’s report on benefits paid to foster youth by the Social Security Administration (SSA), which was mandated by the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018.

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the announcement that President Biden’s budget includes a 9.7 percent increase in the Social Security Administration’s budget for 2022.

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) wrote to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul urging him to revoke the SSA Final Rule, “Hearings Held by Administrative Appeals Judges of the Appeals Council” (85 Fed. Reg. 73138; effective Dec. 16, 2020).