House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced today that the committee will hold a hearing on promoting work opportunities for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries. The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2015 in 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Hearing Advisory

Witness List

Mike Zelley
President, The Disability Network, Flint, Michigan
Testimony (Truth in Testimony)

James Smith
Budget and Policy Manger, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Vermont Agency of Human Services, Burlington, Vermont
Testimony (Truth in Testimony)

Jill Houghton
Executive Director, US Business Leadership Network
Testimony (Truth in Testimony)

John Kregel, Ed.D.
Professor, Special Education and Disability Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University
Testimony (Truth in Testimony)

Paul N. Van de Water, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow and Director of Policy Futures, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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