Make no mistake: poverty in America is a policy choice, a policy by us.
The so-called 'over the horizon' alternative that the Biden administration keeps talking about failed miserably, didn't it?
It is just pretty unbelievable. Talk about what a difference it can make having emergency savings when it comes to achieving any kind of eco...
To ensure the Nation's aged, blind, and disabled people would no longer have to subsist on below-poverty level incomes.
Well, how interesting is that, because we do not--so few have defined pension benefits now.
They are punished if they try to save for an emergency.
There has not been a hearing in Congress specifically about increasing benefits or eligibility since the Reagan administration.
They now force millions of disabled and older Americans to live well below the poverty line.
Now is the time to finally restore this critical part of our Social Security system back to its real intent.
That's why earlier this year, I introduced the SSI Restoration Act with 20 cosponsors, including Senators Wyden, Warren, Menendez, Casey, Be...
The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2021 (S. 2065 and H.R. 3824) has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Sherrod Brown.
Congress made its intent clear in establishing the SSI program nearly 50 years ago--stating explicitly that the purpose of the program was t...
I am enormously grateful to Chairman Brown for his leadership in introducing the SSI Restoration Act of 2021.
the provisions in this bill will unquestionably improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
SSI benefits are not enough for seniors and people with disabilities to meet basic needs in the U.S. today.
It underscores the urgency for Congress to act.
You can’t endlessly subcontract the government of your country to other people. There’s got to be a some sort of system.
This is the first hearing on SSI in the Senate Finance Committee since 1998.
