Social Security
Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement on President Biden’s release of his Fiscal…
Read More (Biden Budget Message to Taxpayers: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Almost nine years after Congress enacted a law to protect seniors from improper Social Security payments, the Social…
Read More (Chairman Smith: Social Security Must Use Every Tool to Fight Improper Payments)Chairman Smith: “There is still more work to do to make a difference for workers, families, farmers, and small businesses…
Read More (House Passes Bipartisan Foster Care, Personal Privacy, and Trade Enforcement Legislation)WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ways and Means Committee focused on listening to the American people, strengthening working and middle-class families, and…
Read More (In 2023, Ways & Means Committee Fought for Working Families)Four Key Moments from Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)…
Read More (“Nothing Fair About This at All:” In Louisiana, Public Servants Highlight How Social Security Rules Jeopardize Their Retirement )As prepared for delivery. “Good afternoon. Welcome to today’s hearing on how Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision, WEP, and Government…
Read More (Rep. Carey Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Social Security’s Unfair Treatment of Public Servants)As prepared for delivery. “The Ways and Means Committee is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for our sixth hearing outside Washington…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Social Security’s Unfair Treatment of Public Servants)Committee passes five bills providing disaster relief, protecting veterans from identity theft, holding trading partners accountable, supporting those reentering the…
Read More (Ways and Means Advances Real Solutions to Real Problems Faced by Real Americans)As prepared for delivery. “As we have heard in our hearings outside Washington, the American people face a number of…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Markup of H.R. 5863, H.R. 5862, H.R. 1568, H.R. 5861, and H.R. 6068)WASHINGTON – With more than 1 million Americans stuck in the Social Security disability claims backlog, members of the House Committee…
Read More (Five Key Moments from Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the Disability Claims Backlog)