Rodney Frelinghuysen: “the second session of the 106th Congress has been off to a quick start passing landmark legislation that directly…”

“the second session of the 106th Congress has been off to a quick start passing landmark legislation that directly impacts millions of Americans and improves our quality of life. First, we repealed the Marriage Penalty Tax, and today, we will ensure that older men and women still in the workforce will be able to keep more of their hard-earned money without losing important Social Security benefits. Mr. Speaker, as you are well aware, the golden years for many older men and women in America involve all types of activities. More and more, older Americans are sharing their lifelong experience in business and industry with a new generation of Americans in the workplace. Benefiting from tremendous advances in health care and increasing life expectancy rates, our older people--the generation of men and women who carried our nation through World War II, and beyond--continue to contribute to the economic well being of our state and nation. While some older men and women are working because they need the paycheck to put food on the table, others keep working simply because they like what they do and see no reason to stop doing it just because they have reached their sixty-fifth birthday. Right now, the tax code penalizes older Americans who choose to keep working.”