NutritionStrengthening The Foundation Of Social Security
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 2:00 pm ET, to examine the current Social Security benefit structure, and how to strengthen and reform the program for future beneficiaries. The committee will hear from witnesses on reform ideas and how to meet our retiree and disabled citizens" needs. Today, one-third of Americans 65 years and older depend on Social Security benefits to supply 90 percent of their total income.
What Hearing to discuss Social Security
When Wednesday, June 17th at 2:00 p.m.
Where 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Witnesses
Leon Burzynski, President, Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans
Kenneth Apfel, Professor of the Practice, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security, National Women"s Law Center
Melissa Favreault, Senior Research Associate, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute
John Irons, Research and Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute
Andrew Biggs, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging