« FLASH NEWS TWO APRIL 2024
Good day
This is the SECOND of THREE Flash News pages you will receive. To put them all together would be convenient, but you would be reading until July, and each one has a different, but important focus.
This Flash News is about the Social Security Offset talks in WASHINGTON
If you worked two jobs before retiring - (and who did not?) - and if you had Social Security withheld - (and we all did) - then you should be concerned with this message. Every person in the state of Maine who had Social Security wihtheld and recieves a retirment check from MainePers is currently loosing money they earned. The Social Security Offset law takes part of your Social Security away - every month.
Crystal Ward sent along a handout from the Ways and Means Committee. Please read the following. Thank you Crystal.
House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Drew Ferguson (GA-03) announced today that the Subcommittee on Social Security will hold a hearing to examine Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, their intended purpose, shortcomings, and alternatives. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 3:00 PM in the Sam Johnson Room located in 2020 Rayburn House Office Building.
Most of us will not get to attend this meeting on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 3:00pm.
But we can send testimony.
DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS:
Please Note: Any person(s) and/or organization(s) wishing to submit written comments for the hearing record can do so here: WMSubmission@mail.house.gov.
Please ATTACH your submission as a Microsoft Word document in compliance with the formatting requirements listed below, by the close of business on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. For questions, or if you encounter technical problems, please call (202) 225-3625.
FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS:
The Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record. As always, submissions will be included in the record according to the discretion of the Committee. The Committee will not alter the content of your submission but reserves the right to format it according to guidelines. Any submission provided to the Committee by a witness, any materials submitted for the printed record, and any written comments in response to a request for written comments must conform to the guidelines listed below. Any submission not in compliance with these guidelines will not be printed but will be maintained in the Committee files for review and use by the Committee.
All submissions and supplementary materials must be submitted in a single document via email, provided in Word format and must not exceed a total of 10 pages. Please indicate the title of the hearing as the subject line in your submission. Witnesses and submitters are advised that the Committee relies on electronic submissions for printing the official hearing record. All submissions must include a list of all clients, persons and/or organizations on whose behalf the witness appears. The name, company, address, telephone, and fax numbers of each witness must be included in the body of the email. Please exclude any personal identifiable information in the attached submission.
Failure to follow the formatting requirements may result in the exclusion of a submission. All submissions for the record are final.
The formatting requirements are imposing, but simple. Write the document in Word format. Attach it to an email. Send the email to - WMSubmission@mail.house.gov.
You can contact the Ways and Means office directly at 202-225-3625
You can begin your testimony Word Document with this heading. Be sure to add your signature and place of residence.
Dear Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, Social Security Subcomittee Chairman Fegurson, and Members of the Ways and Means Committee
