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  • Paulsen, Johnson Introduce Common Sense Medicare Reform
    Jul 11, 2011 - Today, Congressmen Erik Paulsen (3rd Dist.-Minnesota) and Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) introduced common-sense legislation to give seniors the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions and to opt-out of the government-run health program for seniors, Medicare. The Retirement Freedom Act, H.R. 2... More
  • Hearing on Social Security’s Payment Accuracy
    Jun 14, 2011 - The American people have just been told by the Trustees for Social Security and Medicare that these programs are headed towards insolvency. So when they hear Social Security is owed billions due to wrongful payments, Americans want, need, and deserve answers. In FY 2009, overpayments totaled $6.5 bi... More
  • Johnson bill protects seniors from SSN theft
    Apr 13, 2011 - Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) introduced legislation to protect seniors from identity theft. “It makes no sense that people are told not to carry their Social Security card in order to protect their identity, but then every senior citizen is told they must carry their Medicare... More
  • Johnson takes the Ways and Means Social Security helm
    Jan 6, 2011 - Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) announced he will serve as the Chairman of the influential Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security. The Subcommittee on Social Security has jurisdiction over Social Security retirement, survivors and disability programs and oversees the ope... More
  • Sam Johnson: Stop SSN Access in Prison Work Programs
    Jul 28, 2010 - U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) introduced bipartisan legislation to ban prisoners from working in programs that give them access to Social Security numbers (SSN), the No Prisoner Access to Social Security Numbers Act of 2010, H.R. 5854. Currently prisoners in eight states – Alabama, ... More
  • Sam Johnson: Strengthen Social Security without tax hikes
    Jul 15, 2010 - Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing marking the 75th anniversary of Social Security. Johnson serves as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Social Security and represents portions of Dallas and Collin Counties. Prepared rem... More
  • Your privacy and identity theft prevention
    Jul 20, 2007 - Have you ever had your personal information – like your Social Security number (SSN) – used without your permission? Join the club! According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the total number of known records that have been compromised since January 2005 through last week was over 158 million. Y... More
  • House passes Johnson’s pension-reform bill
    Dec 15, 2005 - After more than two years of working to strengthen the employer-provided pension system, Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives passed his bill to revamp the pension system to protect employees and taxpayers. The House passed the Pension Protection... More
  • Sam Johnson hails “phased retirement” in pension bill
    Nov 10, 2005 - At a pension bill markup on Capitol Hill today, U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) urged swift passage of an initiative to create “phased retirement” so employees may collect retirement from their traditional defined benefit pension plan and work part time simultaneously after age 62. “T... More
  • Social Security Leaders Introduce GROW Accounts Act
    Jul 15, 2005 - Four members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security introduced H.R. 3304, the GROW Accounts Act, yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives (Growing Real Ownership for Workers). Congressmen Jim McCrery (4th Dist.-La.), Clay Shaw (22nd Dist.-Fl.), Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas), and... More