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Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O’Malley warned that raising the retirement age for the program would disproportionately hurt blue-collar workers, the day after the Republican Study Committee (RSC) released a proposal to raise the age.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the House passed government funding legislation that excluded House Republicans’ demand for a commission to fast-track cuts to Medicare and Social Security.
Washington, D.C. - Today, during a Joint Subcommittee Hearing on President Biden’s Social Security budget request, Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) commended Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley on his leadership and pushed back on Republican proposals to cut the agency’s budget.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Commissioner O’Malley for being here today.
A startling number of seniors can't collect their full Social Security benefits because they defaulted on student loan payments, prompting lawmakers to call for a halt to this practice.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after House passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, which excluded House Republicans’ demand for a commission with the power to fast-track cuts to Medicare and Social Security.
March 2 marked the day that millionaire earners were finished paying into Social Security for the rest of the year. Working- and middle-class Americans, however, continue to pay all year long. If you think that’s absurd, it is.
The problem lies in the income cap that shields millionaires and billionaires from having to pay their fair share. Right now the wealthy are only paying their first $168,600 of wage income. They end up being taxed only on a small portion of their earnings while most Americans end up being taxed on 100% of their earnings.