Public Servants Deserve Their Earned Benefits

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Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act.

People in western New York and across the country rely on Social Security to meet their basic needs and live well. This bipartisan legislation fixes loopholes that unjustifiably cut benefits for millions of Social Security recipients.

The Social Security Fairness Act repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, existing provisions of the Social Security Act that slash Social Security for millions of public workers.

Dedicated public servants--teachers, firefighters, postal workers, police officers, and their spouses or widows--are unfairly seeing Social Security cuts because of these loopholes. This is a slap in the face to the people who have given so much to our communities.

All Americans deserve the benefits they worked so hard to earn, and this bill delivers on this promise but especially those who have dedicated their lives to public service.

I urge my colleagues to pass this legislation swiftly and deliver for our fellow Americans.

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