Social Security
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February 7, 2018
Ranking Member Larson Opening Statement at Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on Ensuring Social Security Serves America’s Veterans
Issues:Social SecurityVeterans
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February 5, 2018
The House voted 396-0 today to pass H.R. 4547, the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 – bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve the representative payee program to better protect vulnerable Social Security beneficiaries who are unable to manage their own funds.
Issues:Social Security
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January 16, 2018
Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT) and Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) welcome the release of the Social Security Advisory Board’s (SSAB) new report, Improving Social Security’s Representative Payee Program.
Issues:Social Security
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2017 re-cap from Rep. Larson.
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December 14, 2017
Washington D.C. - Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) During a Democratic Ways & Means hearing on the Republican tax plan yesterday, former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Obama, Jason Furman, praised the Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 1902). The Social Security 2100 Act, authored by Ways & Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson, was introduced earlier this year and currently has 163 cosponsors.
Issues:Social SecurityTax Policy
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December 5, 2017
Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT) and Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2017 (H.R. 4547), bipartisan legislation to improve and strengthen the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) representative payee program.
Issues:Social Security
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November 6, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) denounced the Republican tax plan that was unveiled last week and is being marked up by the House Ways and Means Committee this week.
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November 3, 2017
Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), the Ranking Member of the Social Security Subcommittee on the Ways and Means Committee made the following statement on the impact the proposed Republican tax plan will have on hard-working Connecticut families, and their intention to cut Medicare and Social Security to pay for it.
Issues:Social SecurityTax Policy
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October 13, 2017
Today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that there will be a much-needed two percent increase in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits beginning in January 2018.
Issues:Social Security
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October 3, 2017
In response to the recently revealed Equifax data breach, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (CT-01) and Chairman Sam Johnson (TX-03) held a bipartisan Member roundtable with senior Social Security Administration (SSA) officials. The roundtable focused on the agency’s cybersecurity response to the Equifax breach, anticipated risks as a result of the breach, and what the SSA is doing to mitigate those risks for both the agency and the public.
Issues:Social Security