Press Releases

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 2.8% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  October 24, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 2.8% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Security beneficiaries,...Read more >

• Retiree Leader Condemns Plan to Run Social Security with a Part-Time Commissioner

  October 06, 2025: The Alliance for Retired Americans blasted the Trump Administration’s decision to appoint Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano as CEO of the Internal Revenue Service — a move that will have him essentially lead both m...Read more >

• Bisignano Admits Trump Administration Backing Away From Promise Not to Cut Social Security

  September 19, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano’s September 18, 2025 interview on Fox Business: Yesterday, the Commissioner of the So...Read more >

• Retiree Activists Mark 90th Anniversary of Social Security with Nationwide Call to Action

  August 14, 2025: WASHINGTON – From Connecticut to California, retiree activist members of the Alliance for Retired Americans are rallying at more than 50 events to demand that Congress and the Trump Administration protect and strengthen Social Security as the progr...Read more >

• Bessent Says Trump Accounts are “Backdoor” to Social Security Privatization

  July 30, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments on Social Security: “Today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent let the cat out ...Read more >

• House Votes to Gut Health Care Millions of Older Americans Rely On to Pad Pockets of the Ultra-Wealthy

  July 03, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the House Budget Resolution Vote: “Today, the House turned its back on the very people they were elected to serve. This bil...Read more >

• Senate Votes to Harm Older Americans’ Health and Financial Security to Reward Billionaires With Massive Tax Cuts

  July 01, 2025: Deep Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Will Put Most Vulnerable Seniors at Risk The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Senate Budget Resolution: “The legislation pas...Read more >

• Report Shows Social Security is Strong and Solvent

  June 18, 2025: Making All Americans Pay Their Fair Share Will Ensure Future Generations Get Their Guaranteed, Earned Benefits The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees rep...Read more >

• Supreme Court Allows DOGE’s Unlawful Seizure of Americans’ Social Security Data as Challenge Continues

  June 06, 2025: Washington, D.C. – The United States Supreme Court has stayed a preliminary injunction in AFSCME v. SSA, which had prevented the Trump administration from granting staff at the so-called “Department of Governmental Efficiency” (DOGE) unpreceden...Read more >

• Retirees Slam GOP’s Tax and Budget Bill for Putting All American Seniors’ Health Care at Risk

  May 21, 2025: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Alliance for Retired Americans today condemned House Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” as a direct attack on the health care of nearly every senior in America. According to a new report from the Congressional...Read more >