Press Releases

• Retiree Group Endorses Ann Kirkpatrick for U.S. House

  September 11, 2018: MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 Cites Her Commitment to Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Tucson, AZ – Members of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans will proudly announce their endorsement of A...Read more >

• President Trump’s Retirement Savings Plan Leaves Older Americans Behind

  August 31, 2018: Statement from Richard Fiesta, Executive Director, Alliance for Retired Americans on President Trump’s forthcoming Executive Order on Retirement Savings as described by the Wall Street Journal: “According to media reports, the executive order...Read more >

• Retirees Celebrate Social Security’s 83rd Anniversary by Endorsing Senator Heinrich

  August 23, 2018: MEDIA ADVISORY August 23, 2018 Anniversary Comes Amid Continued Effort to Cut Retiree Benefits Albuquerque, NM – To mark the 83rd anniversary of Social Security, area retirees with the New Mexico Alliance for Retired Americans will gather i...Read more >

• Defeat of “Proposition A” is a Win for Missouri Workers and Retirees

  August 07, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the defeat of Proposition A in Missouri today: “Voters in Missouri succeeded in repealing the anti-worker, ‘right-to-work’ legislation passed by the s...Read more >

• Florida Retirees: Nelson Best Choice for Seniors

  July 27, 2018: Will Fight to Lower Prescription Drug Costs, Protect Medicare and Social Security Wildwood, Florida​ – Citing his commitment to older Americans, members of Alliance for Retired Americans today stood with Senator Bill Nelson and announced thei...Read more >

• Brett Kavanaugh is a Threat to the Health Care of Older Americans and Must be Rejected

  July 10, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following President Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court: “When President Trump vowed in 2015 to only app...Read more >

• Supreme Court Rules Against Worker Freedom

  June 27, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Janus v. AFSCME Council 31: “The Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Mark Janus and against the American...Read more >

• Social Security’s Finances Remain Strong, Annual Trustees Reports Show

  June 05, 2018: Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable Would Give Medicare a Boost The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports issued today on the Social Securit...Read more >

• Majority of Congress Failed to Support Retirees Last Year

  May 17, 2018: 2017 Voting Record Report Details Which Senators and Members of Congress Voted to Protect Retirement Security Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2017 voting record which scored every U.S. Representative and Se...Read more >

• Administration’s Prescription Drug Price Remedy Fails Seniors

  May 11, 2018: Plan is the Opposite of what Trump Promised During 2016 Election Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the release of President Trump’s plan to reduce prescription drug prices: “Pr...Read more >