Washington, D.C. - The Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee heard testimony from Social Security experts about how the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) unfairly harm many public servants while allowing others to receive overly generous benefits. Witnesses identified how the outdated formulas used to ...
Hearing Information
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM.
Sam Johnson Room, 2020 House Office Building
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BIKvT9LBX8
Witness List:
Jason Fichtner, Ph.D.
Chief ...
Hearing Information
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM.
1100 Longworth House Office Building
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeDfYL3Dq0Q
Witness ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the expiration of key components of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2025, the Ways and Means Committee is examining pro-growth and pro-family policies to determine how best to build on its success. Under the 2017 Trump tax cuts, real median household income increased by $5,000 and real wages rose by 4.9 ...
Hearing Information
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM.
1100 Longworth House Office Building
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fvgt8Zf1sM
Witness List:
Senator Phil Gramm
Former Chairman, ...
Hearing Information
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 9:00 AM (Central Standard Time).
Chicago, Illinois
Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE7nAMs0lJc
Witness List:
Matt Paprocki
President and CEO, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Republicans secured a number of commitments from Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley to make reforms that protect seniors and taxpayers at a joint hearing before the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Social Security and Work and Welfare. These include preventing overpayments and offsetting ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ways and Means Committee held Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra accountable for playing politics with health care during a hearing on the Biden Administration’s HHS budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Members called out the Biden Administration’s policies that will lead to more shuttered ...
Five Key Moments from Ways and Means Hearing on Emergency Care
DENTON, TEXAS – At the site of an air ambulance service provider, patients, doctors, and emergency medical personnel shared their stories about access to emergency medical care ...
"One of my main concerns is the high rate of improper payments in SSI. In FY 2022, the agency reported $5.3 billion in improper payments, $4.6 billion of which were overpayments."
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