Press Releases
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March 13, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, amidst Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s targeting of Social Security, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01), along with every Ways and Means Democrat, warned Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Leland Dudek that the American people won’t stand for cuts to their earned benefits in any form, whether they be direct benefit cuts or backdoor cuts by laying off staff and closing field and hearing offices.
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March 12, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee voted to block Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson’s (CT-01) Resolution of Inquiry from coming before the full House for a vote.
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March 11, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) opposed the partisan House Republican funding bill that cuts services for veterans, seniors, and families, and greenlights Trump-Musk's plan to gut the Social Security Administration.
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March 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Elon Musk identified Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as key targets of the Trump Administration for cuts in an interview on Fox Business.
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March 10, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Ron Estes (KS-04) reintroduced the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act with Reps. Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Rudy Yakym (IN-02) and 64 additional original cosponsors. The bill, which has received broad bipartisan support, permanently allows for immediate research and development expensing looking back to 2022, when the provision expired.
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March 7, 2025
East Hartford, CT - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Trump-appointed Acting Commissioner of Social Security announced the agency is changing the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries from 10% to 100%.
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March 6, 2025
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced the introduction of the bipartisan Technology for Energy Security Act with Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and Mike Carey (OH-15) to extend the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investment Tax Credit for fuel cells and linear generators for another eight years.
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March 6, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Dudek’s comments that ‘DOGE’ is making decisions about the agency’s future without an understanding of how the agency works were reported in the Washington Post.
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March 5, 2025
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced three bills with his Democratic colleagues to protect Americans from the Trump-Musk plan to gut Social Security.
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March 4, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement blasting President Trump’s repeated blatant lies about Social Security during his Joint Address to Congress, where he falsely asserted many people as old as 150 are fraudulently receiving Social Security benefits.