WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Senate Finance Committee Ranking Minority Member issued the following news release:
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement today after the Social Security Administration (SSA) released a proposed rule to implement electronic wage reporting to help the agency improve the accuracy of payments and reduce reporting requirements for disability beneficiaries:
"If you're an American living on a fixed income, struggling to balance the food bill against the rent against utilities, you simply can't afford to pay a large bill to Social Security over a mistake made because the system is too complicated. In 2015, I worked with my House and Senate colleagues to pass bipartisan legislati...