Press Releases

• New Retiree Voting Record Report Released

  February 17, 2022: Scores Congress on Votes Cast during Pandemic’s Second Year Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2021 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security is...Read more >

• Retiree Organization Tells Election Assistance Commission to Follow the Law

  January 27, 2022: Requiring Voters to Provide Full Social Security Numbers to Register to Vote Violates the National Voter Registration Act and the Voting Rights Act Washington – The Alliance for Retired Americans today called on the U.S. Election Assistance Commis...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Rachel Garcia Cavazos for Bexar County Clerk

  January 26, 2022: Cites Her Executive Leadership Skills, Integrity San Antonio - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Rachel Garcia Cavazos for Bexar County Clerk today. The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) i...Read more >

• Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Demands More Voter Registration Forms Be Made Available

  January 21, 2022:  Says decision limiting voter registration forms violates National Voter Registration Act  AUSTIN – The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) sent a demand letter to Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott today, stating that his decision ...Read more >

• Seniors Tell the U.S. Senate: We Are Not Giving Up, Do What it Takes to Protect Our Voting Rights!

  January 19, 2022: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding votes in the U.S Senate on sidelining the filibuster and passing the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act: “The U.S. Senate had the power on Wednesday...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud HHS Secretary Becerra’s Directive that CMS Reconsider 14% 2022 Medicare Premium Hike

  January 10, 2022: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding reports that Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has ordered the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud House Passage of Build Back Better Act that Lowers Drug Costs, Funds Home Care, Adds Guaranteed Hearing Benefit to Medicare

  November 19, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, in the U.S. House: “The Alliance for Retired Americans applauds the House passage o...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud Passage of President Biden’s Infrastructure Bill

  November 05, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding passage of the infrastructure bill: “Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, H.R. 3684, is a significant victory for all A...Read more >

• Retirees Welcome Addition of Medicare Drug Negotiation to Build Back Better Legislation

  November 02, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans on the New Drug Negotiation Plan Announced Today: “Older Americans are better off today than they were yesterday and the pharmaceutical industry’s monopoly p...Read more >

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 5.9% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  October 13, 2021: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 5.9% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Security beneficiaries,...Read more >