Social Security

• Social Security in the Midterms: Democratic Senate Candidates Embrace Scrapping the Cap to Strengthen Social Security

  October 16, 2026: Eight Democratic Senate candidates running for Republican-held seats are campaigning on Social Security, expressing their support for eliminating or raising the cap on income subject to Social Security taxes. If Congress does not take action, all Soc...Read more >

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 3.6% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  October 14, 2026: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 3.6% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Security beneficiaries ...Read more >

• Texas Retirees Blast Ken Paxton for Calling for Social Security and Medicare Cuts, Telling Americans to ‘Suck It Up’

  October 08, 2026: DALLAS — The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans today blasted U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton after newly released audio revealed his support for cuts to federal benefit programs, including potentially Social Security and Medicare. Speaking a...Read more >

• House Budget Committee Holds Field Hearing on Fiscal Commission Legislation

  September 25, 2026: On Monday, members of the House Budget Committee held a field hearing entitled “America's Fiscal Future: Examining the Need for a Fiscal Commission” at the Old Parkland business campus in Dallas, Texas. Led by Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (TX)...Read more >

• Alliance Members Push for Action to Protect and Strengthen Social Security as Financial Shortfall Looms

  August 14, 2026: Today is the 91st anniversary of the Social Security Act, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law on August 14, 1935. 74 million Americans receive monthly Social Security benefits, including nearly 58 million older Americans. But these ...Read more >

• Congress Must Act Now to Protect Social Security—Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share

  June 09, 2026: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance, regarding the Trustees’ reports on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds released today. The report states that the Social Security Trust Fund is able...Read more >

• New Report Confirms Steep Decline in Social Security Administration Staffing Levels

  April 24, 2026: The number of staff members working at the Social Security Administration (SSA) has dropped precipitously since the beginning of last year, according to a new report from the Congressional Research Service. More than 57,000 SSA workers – an alre...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Responds to SSA IG Data Breach Investigation

  March 10, 2026: Whistleblower alleges that a DOGE engineer removed Americans’ sensitive data on a thumb drive Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans responding to a 3/10/26 Washington Post report regarding alleged i...Read more >

• Department of Justice Acknowledges Misconduct by Trump-Vance Administration, DOGE Employees by Unlawfully Accessing and Misusing Social Security Data

  January 22, 2026: Baltimore, Md. – After a bombshell filing in federal court made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), wherein DOJ admitted to multiple inaccuracies and misrepresentations it made to federal courts in a case challenging the so-called Department o...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Responds to DOJ Revelation That DOGE Disclosed Americans’ Personal Data Held by the SSA

  January 21, 2026: Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s court filing admitting that DOGE team members improperly shared sensitive, personally identifying data held by the Soc...Read more >