Sen. Whitehouse Introduces Bill on Disability Insurance Benefits

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has introduced legislation (S. 578) to amend title II of the Social Security Act "to eliminate the five month waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis."

The bill was introduced on Feb. 27 and has 39 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Jack Reed, D-R.I., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Christopher Coons, D-Del., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Kamala D. Harris, D-Calif., Martha McSally, R-Ariz., Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., John Boozman, R-Ark., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Jon Tester, D-Mont., John Kennedy, R-La., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Doug Jones, D-Ala., Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.

The legislation was referred to the Senate Finance Committee.

For more information, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, 530 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-2921; or in the state at 170 Westminster St., Ste. 1100, Providence, RI 02903; 401/453-5294.

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