Chairman Smith’s Comments on the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) offered commentary on the most recent Social Security Trustees Report to Congress, noting that the report confirms once again “that Social Security’s retirement insurance Trust Fund is operating on borrowed time.” Chairman Smith’s statement summarizes the key items in the report, and offers this statement as a reminder: “It’s important for Congressional leaders to come together in a bipartisan manner to ensure that this program continues to provide security to current and future retirees who contributed throughout their working lives as well as their families. We should be preserving and strengthening Social Security and Medicare for today’s retirees and tomorrow’s workers and that starts with strong economic growth. Click here to read the full statement.