By Representative Robin Kelly (IL-2) When the Great Recession hit eight-plus years ago, the focus was on the double-digit unemployment rates and the devastating impact on recent college and high school graduates. La ...
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Congressional Corner: Legislation Would Help People With Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Rep. Seth Moulton (MA-6) I want to share with you a cause that I have taken on in Congress that has touched my life through my friend, Pete Frates. Pete, a resident of my district, was diagnosed with ALS in 2012 whe ...
Congressional Corner: How We Can Protect Social Security While Expanding Benefits
Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-4) Millions of Americans depend on the earned benefit of Social Security as their livelihood, yet congressional Republicans continue to play games with its funding. I have introduced l ...
Congressional Corner: July 2017
Public Workers Penalized By Two Social Security Provisions Representative Rodney Davis (IL-13) Every day, thousands of our neighbors and friends protect our cities, educate our students, and provide crucial service ...
Congressional Corner: Garamendi’s Opinion: It’s Time for Seniors to Get a Fair COLA
By Congressman John Garamendi (CA-3) Our nation’s seniors work their entire lives to earn Social Security, and they depend on Social Security for a well-earned, dignified retirement. For many, Social Security isn’t ju ...
Congressional Corner: Tackling the High Cost of Prescription Drugs
By Senator Amy Klobuchar, (D-MN) In St. Paul, Minnesota, Clare’s arthritis is getting worse — because she can’t afford the medication she needs to treat it. The price of Remicade, which Clare had relied on to treat he ...
Congressional Corner: GOP War on Seniors Won’t Work; We Must Protect and Expand Medicare & Social Security
By Senator Charles E. Schumer (NY), Democratic Leader Medicare and Social Security are two of the greatest policy innovations of the past century, raising countless older Americans out of poverty and want, and profoun ...
Congressional Corner: Washington Should Be Talking About Protecting And Expanding Social Security – Not Cutting It!
By Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) Our nation faces an urgent crisis: as middle-class families increasingly are squeezed by stagnant wages and rising costs, the dream of a secure retirement is slipping away. At a tim ...
Congressional Corner: Halt the Tax Hike on Seniors
U.S. Representative Martha McSally By U.S. Representative Martha McSally (AZ-2) America’s seniors deserve a secure retirement without the constant worry of how to make ends meet. Washington should be helping in thi ...
Congressional Corner: The Federal Government Must Be More Careful With Social Security Numbers
Rep. David Valadao (CA-21) Each year, more than 13 million people become victims of some sort of identity theft or identify fraud resulting in over $16 billion of stolen money. In fact, identity theft is one of the fas ...
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