Our nation’s most vulnerable citizens are at the center of a perfect storm.  Record deficits, a still struggling economy, and an unsustainable future spending path driven by the aging of Americans all threaten the essential programs those with disabilities count on.  We have been warned by the Social Security Trustees that the Disability Insurance program will soon be unable to… Read more

JOINT HEARING ON WORK INCENTIVES IN SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY PROGRAMS _________________ JOINT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ___________ September 23,… Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a field hearing on Social Security numbers (SSNs) and child identity theft.  The hearing will take place on Thursday, September 1, 2011 in the Plano City Council Chamber, 1520 Avenue K, Plano, Texas at… Read more

Back in November 1936, the U.S. Postal Service first began issuing Social Security cards to workers.  Even though Social Security numbers were created to track earnings for determining Social Security benefits, today these numbers are widely used as personal identifiers.   Some uses of Social Security numbers are mandated, for example for income and tax-related reporting to… Read more

FIELD HEARING ON SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND CHILD IDENTITY THEFT __________________ HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON… Read more

Washington, DC - Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in response to the announcement that he has been selected by Speaker Boehner to serve on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: "I thank the Speaker for his confidence and trust in selecting me to serve as a member of the Joint Committee.  Earlier this month, the House and Senate passed, and the… Read more

President Obama famously played to grandma's Social Security fears this week, saying in an interview about the debt-ceiling talks that "I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3 if we haven't resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it." To which a friend of ours replied, whatever happened to the trust fund? That's the fund… Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and U.S. Congressman Howard Coble (R-NC), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law, announced today that the Subcommittees will hold a joint oversight hearing on the role of Administrative Law Judges… Read more

I am pleased to be co-chairing this hearing with my colleague Chairman Howard Coble and his Subcommittee colleagues and thank them for hosting this important hearing.   The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs are the largest of Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities. Both are administered by the Social Security… Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Social Security’s current benefit expenditures, proposed changes to future benefits and the impact those changes would have on the program, future beneficiaries, workers, and the economy.  The hearing… Read more