Press Releases

• 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 >

• Retirees Call on SSA Commissioner to Roll Back DOGE’s Cumbersome Changes at SSA

  May 15, 2025: Internal Documents Reveal Benefit Claims Are Taking 25% Longer to Process; Identified Only 2 Claims Out of 110,000 as Requiring Further Investigation Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issu...Read more >

• Retirees Deeply Concerned Following Senate Confirmation of Frank Bisignano as SSA Commissioner

  May 06, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to the U.S. Senate’s vote to confirm Frank Bisignano as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration: “Today’s ...Read more >

• UPDATE: Coalition of Unions, Non-Profit Groups, and Local Governments Seek Emergency Relief in Challenge to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government

  May 02, 2025: Reorganization and Massive Reductions in Force Across Federal Agencies Violate Core Constitutional Concepts of Separation of Powers Case Reflects Largest and Most Significant Challenge to President’s Authority to Remake Government without Congress...Read more >

• DOGE’s Data Dive Denied: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction and Blocks Access to SSA Systems

  April 17, 2025: Baltimore, MD — A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) from further accessing sensitive personal data stored within the Social Security Administration�...Read more >