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 ...
Category: Congressional Corner
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 ...
Congressional Corner: Our Seniors Deserve Dignity and Security – I’m Fighting For This In Congress
By U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (CA-13) The ability to live with dignity and financial security in your Golden Years is fundamental to the American Dream. Yet, every day, it gets harder and harder for many seni ...
Congressional Corner: Without Financial or Medical Hardship
By Representative Mike Kelly (PA-3) As a representative of thousands of senior citizens in Western Pennsylvania, and as a senior myself, I strongly believe that all Americans should be able to enjoy their golden years ...
Congressional Corner: It’s Bigger Than Martin Shkreli
By Representative Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) For most Americans, the prices of essential prescription drugs are increasing far too rapidly for family budgets to sustain. Many Americans are being forced to choose betw ...
Congressional Corner: Government Needs A New Approach For Determining COLAs
By Representative Eliot Engel (NY-16) For the third time in the last seven years, almost 65 million Social Security recipients did not receive a benefit increase in 2016. Social Security has provided invaluable sup ...
Congressional Corner: In Rural Communities Some Travel 100 Miles Or More To Closest Hospital
By Representative Cresent Hardy (NV-4) Over the past few years, there has been no lack of discussion from either side of the aisle about employer and individual mandates, medical device and “Cadillac” taxes and the Af ...
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