For seniors and people who are disabled or blind. Benefit levels were last updated in the 1980s. I call this meeting to order. Senator young, thank you, Ranking Member of the subcommittee, for working with us to schedule this hearing. I appreciate the professionalism and confidence of your staff and my Office Working with all of you is really helpful. Thank you to chairman whiting for being part of this, the efforts to protect and strengthen this critical part of our Social Security system. Todays hearing on supplemental security income, ssi, is long overdue. This is the first hearing in the finance committee since 1998, before i was in the senate, for sure. That would be almost a quarter of a century. Theres not been a hearing in congress specifically about increasing benefits and eligibility since the reagan administration. In fact, that 1987, the last year or so of the reagan administration, in 1987, ways and means hearing called ssi, quote, the forgotten safety net. It was a fittin
For seniors and people who are disabled or blind. Benefit levels were last updated in the 1980s. I call this meeting to order. Senator young, thank you, Ranking Member of the subcommittee, for working with us to schedule this hearing. I appreciate the professionalism and confidence of your staff and my Office Working with all of you is really helpful. Thank you to chairman whiting for being part of this, the efforts to protect and strengthen this critical part of our Social Security system. Todays hearing on supplemental security income, ssi, is long overdue. This is the first hearing in the finance committee since 1998, before i was in the senate, for sure. That would be almost a quarter of a century. Theres not been a hearing in congress specifically about increasing benefits and eligibility since the reagan administration. In fact, that 1987, the last year or so of the reagan administration, in 1987, ways and means hearing called ssi, quote, the forgotten safety net. It was a fittin
Weve had this year and were leaving this here to honor our over 40year commitment of live gaveltogavel coverage of congress. House lawmakers are coming back in for more member speeches. They will consider a measure to impose sanctions of chinese producers of synthetic opioid. House leaders are hoping to finish Appropriations Bills for military and construction projects. As always, live coverage of the house on cspan. Pursuan t to clause 8 rule 20 the chair will postponequestions on which a recorded vote of the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponement questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition . I move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 1684 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. H. R. 1684 a bill to require the secretary of state to submit an annual report to Congress Regarding the ties between c
Weve had this year and were leaving this here to honor our over 40year commitment of live gaveltogavel coverage of congress. House lawmakers are coming back in for more member speeches. They will consider a measure to impose sanctions of chinese producers of synthetic opioid. House leaders are hoping to finish Appropriations Bills for military and construction projects. As always, live coverage of the house on cspan. Pursuan t to clause 8 rule 20 the chair will postponequestions on which a recorded vote of the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponement questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition . I move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 1684 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. H. R. 1684 a bill to require the secretary of state to submit an annual report to Congress Regarding the ties between c
Weve had this year and were leaving this here to honor our over 40year commitment of live gaveltogavel coverage of congress. House lawmakers are coming back in for more member speeches. They will consider a measure to impose sanctions of chinese producers of synthetic opioid. House leaders are hoping to finish Appropriations Bills for military and construction projects. As always, live coverage of the house on cspan. Pursuan t to clause 8 rule 20 the chair will postponequestions on which a recorded vote of the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponement questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition . I move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 1684 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. H. R. 1684 a bill to require the secretary of state to submit an annual report to Congress Regarding the ties between c