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April 26, 2013
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Good morning and welcome. Every six years a new Commissioner is nominated and confirmed to lead the Social Security Administration. Congress deliberately created a term that might straddle political changes in the executive branch to underscore the importance of strong and independent leadership fo...
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April 24, 2013
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Good morning. We are meeting today to consider H.R. 807, the “Full Faith and Credit Act,” introduced by Congressman McClintock earlier this year. I will be offering an amendment in the nature of a substitute to ensure that the United States never defaults on a debt payment. In February of this year...
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April 18, 2013
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Included in the President’s budget proposal was a change to the way Social Security measures inflation – moving from the current measure to the chained Consumer Price Index. As Treasury Secretary Lew stated during his testimony before the Ways and Means Committee on the President’s budget, “The Chai...
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April 12, 2013
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1502, “The Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act of 2013.” The legislation would keep people from receiving both Social Security...
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April 11, 2013
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Hearing is the First in the Committee’s Hearing Series on Entitlement Reform U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced the first in a series of hearings on the President’s and other bipartisan entitlement ...
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April 10, 2013
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Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the President’s FY2014 Budget. “Our country faces great challenges, and meeting those challenges requires that we work together. I welcome the President’s inclusion of reforms to Medicare an...
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April 3, 2013
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee will convene a series of hearings on entitlement reforms to protect and preserve Medicare and Social Security that have been identified by the President – either in his budget or in other recomme...
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March 20, 2013
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Good morning. Fairness and consistency are essential to ensuring Americans’ confidence in Social Security’s disability insurance program. Their importance has been consistently recognized since the disability program was created in 1956. As we know, Social Security’s definition of who is disabled is...
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March 19, 2013
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) delivered a statement on the House floor in support of the GOP’s balanced budget. "I rise in support of a federal budget that balances so we can strengthen our economy, create more jobs and allow American workers to start seeing an in...
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March 14, 2013
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Good morning and welcome to our first Subcommittee hearing of the 113th Congress. I want to first introduce our new Subcommittee Members, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Thompson, and Ms. Schwartz. Welcome aboard! I look forward to working with each of you. We begin our work during a time ...
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