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Tammy Duckworth: “Raising the retirement age – or otherwise cutting benefits – only worsens the looming retirement income crisis, and, as…”

On the recordJune 19, 2026
Raising the retirement age – or otherwise cutting benefits – only worsens the looming retirement income crisis, and, as we outlined in our initial letter to you, doing so hurts older Americans, cutting monthly benefits and forcing millions into poverty.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing impacts of retirement age changes

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