Social Security

Larson and 200+ Members of Congress Introduce Landmark Social Security Proposal

January 30, 2019

Press Release

Social Security 2100 Act will Strengthen Social Security, Increase Benefits, Cut Taxes for Seniors

Issues:Social Security

Larson Named Chairman of Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee

January 16, 2019

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) was named the Chairman on the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee. Larson released the following statement upon the announcement:

Issues:Congressman Larson's CommitteesSocial Security

Treat Social Security the way President Roosevelt intended, as an insurance program not an entitlement

October 26, 2018

Op-Eds and Letters

Newsflash to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-Ky.) - Social Security is not an entitlement. It is the insurance every working American has paid for.

Issues:Social Security

LARSON: This Year’s COLA is Good News, but Social Security Beneficiaries Have Earned Better

October 11, 2018

Press Release

Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that there will be a 2.8 percent increase in the cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits received beginning in January 2019.

Issues:Social Security

Larson Fights to Protect Social Security and Medicare from GOP Attacks

September 28, 2018

Press Release

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) fought back against Republicans attacks on Social Security and Medicare in order to pay for their harmful tax bills.

Issues:Social SecurityTax Policy

Larson Opening Statement at Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the State of Social Security’s Information Technology

September 27, 2018

Press Release

Today’s hearing is focused on the Social Security Administration’s information technology (IT) systems and the major, multi-year initiative to modernize them.

Issues:Social Security

Larson, Sanders, Warren Announce Expand Social Security Caucus

September 13, 2018

Press Release

Today, Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn), Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Terri A. Sewell (D-Ala.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) Conor Lamb (D-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) on Thursday announced the bicameral Expand Social Security Caucus, along with 16 senators and more than 130 House members.

Issues:LocalSocial Security

Larson, Johnson Lead Bipartisan Letter to SSA Calling for Halt to Changes to Disability Appeals Process

July 26, 2018

Press Release

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT) and Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) led every Member of their Subcommittee in a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Nancy Berryhill stating SSA should not proceed with plans to reinstate the reconsideration level of appeal in ten states, until a Senate-confirmed Commissioner is sworn in.

Issues:Social Security

House Approves Two More Larson Bills

July 24, 2018

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Today, two bipartisan bills led by Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) that focus on common-sense solutions were passed by unanimously by voice vote. These are the eighth and ninth Larson-led bills that have passed in the House this year. The two bills are the Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (H.R. 6084) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Transparency Act (H.R. 6138).

Issues:Health CareSocial Security

Larson Opposes Politicization of Social Security Judges

July 11, 2018

Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Larson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Social Security, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's executive order that allows the President to appoint federal Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) on the basis of ideology and political orientation, rather than through a competitive examination process based on merit, neutrality, and fitness for office.

Issues:Social Security