Senate Finance Committee Issues Report on Activities of Committee During 117th Congress (Part 5 of 7)

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-4) on the review of the activities of the committee during the 117th Congress pursuant to Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate. The report was advanced by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, on March 28, 2023.

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SOCIAL SECURITY

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

In the 117th Congress, the Senate Committee on Finance activities with respect to the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI), the Disability Insurance (DI), and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs were limited to oversight of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) operations. The committee held a hearing about the SSA's service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic and to discuss ways to improve service delivery going forward. The Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee held a hearing to examine policy options to improve the SSI program.

Full Committee Hearing

2021

April 29, 2021--"Social Security During COVID: How the Pandemic Hampered Access to Benefits and Strategies for Improving Service Delivery." Testimony was heard from Grace Kim, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD; Kascadare Causeya, program manager, Central City Concern, Portland, OR; Peggy Murphy, immediate past president, National Council of Social Security Management Associations, Great Falls, MT; and Tara Dawson McGuinness, fellow and senior advisor, New Practice Lab, New America, Washington, DC.

Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy

2021

September 21, 2021--"Policy Options for Improving SSI." Testimony was heard from Elizabeth Curda, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC; Stephen Evangelista, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD; Mia Ives-Rublee, director, Disability Justice Initiative, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC; and Kathleen Romig, senior policy analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC.

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The report is posted at: https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/118th-congress/senate-report/4/1?s=1&r=4

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