Social Security
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June 17, 2021
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.
Issues:Social Security
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June 15, 2021
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.
Issues:Social Security
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June 4, 2021
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.
Issues:Social Security
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May 28, 2021
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.
Issues:Social Security
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May 7, 2021
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).
Issues:Social Security
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April 9, 2021
Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (CT-01) applauded the announcement that President Biden has proposed a 9.7 percent increase in the Social Security Administration’s budget for 2022.
Issues:Social Security
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April 1, 2021
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) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn a harmful rule adopted by the Trump Administration.
Issues:Social Security
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March 30, 2021
Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) applauded the announcement from the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who do not need to file taxes will receive their stimulus payments from the American Rescue Plan on April 7th.
March 25, 2021
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) had sent missing payment files to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that have been holding up stimulus payments to tens of millions of Americans.
March 24, 2021
Today, Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) wrote to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul on behalf of the nearly 30 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who are still awaiting their economic impact payments (EIPs).