Social Security

• Elizabeth Marafino’s Testimony for “Protecting and Improving Social Security: Benefit Enhancements” Hearing

  March 14, 2019: Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans President Elizabeth Marafino recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee's Subcommittee on Social Security regarding its hearing “Protecting and Improving Social ...Read more >

• Statement Regarding the Administration’s Orwellian Plan to Monitor the Social Media Posts of People with Disabilities

  March 11, 2019: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding today’s New York Times report that White House officials want the Social Security Administration (SSA) to monitor social media...Read more >

• Retirees Celebrate International Women’s Day

  March 08, 2019: March is Women’s History Month. The following statement was issued by Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on International Women’s Day 2019: “On this International Women’s Day, the Alliance for Retired Ameri...Read more >

• Statement on Improving Retirement Security for America’s Workers

  February 22, 2019: The Alliance for Retired Americans recently submitted comments to the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee regarding its hearing "Improving Retirement Security for America's Workers" on February 6, 2019. The comments were as follo...Read more >

• Social Security Expansion Act will Ensure Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share and Strengthen the Trust Funds

  February 13, 2019: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the reintroduction of the Social Security Expansion Act by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter DeFazio: “It is appropriate t...Read more >

• Social Security Workers and Retirees Struggle with Enormous Backlog due to Years of Underfunding

  December 04, 2018: The Alliance is calling on all members of Congress to support the Maintain Access to Vital Social Security Services Act (H.R. 7146) introduced by Rep. Gwen Moore last week. The bill would require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to hold at l...Read more >

• Retirees Support Pelosi for Speaker

  November 19, 2018: For Immediate Release Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on Nancy Pelosi’s bid to be the next Speaker of the House. “Retirees could not have a better champion or more tireless advocate tha...Read more >

• House Democrats Gain Ground with Retirees

  November 07, 2018: In Dramatic Shift from 2014, 65+ Voters Favored Democratic House Candidates Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following Tuesday’s midterm elections: “Voters over the age of 50 rejected Se...Read more >

• Word is Out: Cuts to Seniors’ Earned Benefits are on the Ballot this November

  October 17, 2018: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments about cutting so-called “entitlements”: “There is no doubt that Soc...Read more >

• 52% of Older Workers Forced into Involuntary Retirement

  October 12, 2018: by Teresa Ghilarducci, Retirement Equity Lab Teresa Ghilarducci is an economist and retirement expert at the Retirement Equity Lab, an affiliate of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. September 2018 Unemployment Report for Work...Read more >