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Johnson Announces Hearing on the State of Social Security’s Information Technology

September 20, 2018 — Hearing Advisory

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “The State of Social Security’s Information Technology,” on Thursday, September 27 at 11:00 AM in room 2020 of the Rayburn House Office Building. At the hearing, Members will discuss the ...

Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on Examining Changes to Social Security’s Disability Appeals Process

July 18, 2018 — Hearing Advisory

WASHINGTON, D. C. – House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Examining Changes to Social Security’s Disability Appeals Process.”  The hearing will focus on recent and planned changes affecting the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) disability appeals ...

Brady Announces Full Committee Markup

July 16, 2018 — Markup

What: Full Committee on Ways and Means Markup Where: 1100 Longworth House Office Building When: Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 10:00 AM   The Committee will consider the following: The “Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act” (

Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on Examining Social Security’s Solvency Challenge: The Status of Social Security’s Trust Funds

May 31, 2018 — Hearing Advisory

WASHINGTON, D. C. – House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Examining Social Security’s Solvency Challenge: The Status of Social Security’s Trust Funds.” The hearing will focus on the findings of the 2018 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal ...

Johnson, Larson Applaud Relief from Court Requirements

May 18, 2018 — Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma announced its decision to grant the Social Security Administration (SSA) partial relief from the 1984 Jordan v. Schweiker decision requiring all representative payees to submit an annual accounting form. This decision allows the SSA to move forward implementing a key ...

Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on Securing Americans’ Identities: The Future of the Social Security Number

May 10, 2018 — Hearing Advisory

WASHINGTON, D. C. – House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Securing Americans’ Identities: The Future of the Social Security Number.” The hearing will focus on the dangers of the use of the Social Security number (SSN) as both an identifier and authenticator and ...

NOW LAW: Johnson, Larson Bill to Strengthen Social Security’s Representative Payee Program

April 13, 2018 — Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Trump signed into law the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 (H.R. 4547). Introduced by Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT), this bipartisan legislation will modernize the representative payee program so that it will ...