Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate’s Passage Of The Bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act
Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor after the successful passage of the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act in the Senate. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:
Tonight, the Senate finally corrects a fifty-year mistake by passing the Social Security Fairness Act.
Millions of retired teachers and firefighters and letter carriers and state and local workers have waited decades for this moment.
No longer will public retirees see their hard-earned social security benefits robbed from them, thanks to this bill.
It is a very good thing that one of the final acts of the 118th Congress is delivering this huge win for working Americans.
I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their outstanding work—particularly Senators Brown, Collins, Cassidy who led the way, and all those who relentlessly across the country called their senators and got this done.
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