Could 30, 2023
President Roach Urges Home Subcommittee to Develop Social Safety, Oppose Cuts
On Wednesday, Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr. testified throughout a U.S. Home Methods and Means Social Safety Subcommittee listening to entitled “Social Safety Administration’s Function in Combating Id Fraud.” Throughout his testimony, President Roach talked about the Alliance’s retiree city corridor with Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, MSW, Ph.D., Performing Commissioner of the Social Safety Administration (SSA), and the way she mentioned what SSA is doing to lift consciousness of and fight fraud.
He additionally made it clear that Republican proposals to chop Social Safety advantages and to slash the SSA’s funds would hamstring efforts to handle fraud, saying “if the already brief staffed Social Safety Administration was pressured to chop the funds by 22 %, as prescribed in Home Invoice 2811, the company’s work to guard People from id theft can be hampered. The truth is, the drastic spending cuts within the invoice would dramatically scale back the providers beneficiaries rely on.”
He additionally touched on the steps Congress can take to strengthen and develop Social Safety, and warned the subcommittee that the present failure to extend the debt restrict with out preconditions will damage seniors probably the most, including “if there’s a default, retirees will take the primary brunt of it.”
The listening to occurred on the identical day that Rep. John Larson (CT) launched the Social Safety 2100 Act. The Alliance-endorsed invoice would strengthen Social Safety by:
- Boosting advantages throughout the board;
- Extending Social Safety’s solvency till 2044;
- Eradicating the payroll tax cap for people with earnings above $400,000; and
- Repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Authorities Pension Offset (GPO)
“We hope that Congress will move a invoice, the Social Safety 2100 Act or one thing related, and work collectively to repair this downside for all People,” stated President Roach.
