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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (MA-02) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (TX-08) to discuss bipartisan solutions to address the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) – an unfair Social Security provision that reduces millions of public employees’ benefits.

“I’m honored to stand with my colleagues to address this inequity, which is a sad situation that is more than unfortunate. For nearly 40 years, we have failed to live up to our social contract with American senior citizens and allow them to benefit from what they have invested and earned from this important safety net,” said Rep. Arrington. “Because of the leadership of my colleagues – especially that of Ranking Member Brady and Chairman Neal – I am encouraged about the prospects of targeted, bipartisan solutions to address this problem and make good on what we’ve done to shortchange our public servants like teachers, firefighters, and police officers.”

Rep. Arrington is an original cosponsor to Rep. Kevin Brady’s legislation – the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act. This legislation permanently replaces the unfair Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) Social Security formula with a new, fair formula that treats our teachers, firefighters, and police officers just like the rest of America’s workers.

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