House Bill 141 was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives.  This is a Social Security Reform Bill, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019-2020.  This is to repeal the Government Pension Offset/Windfall Elimination Provision (GPO/WEP.).  This is especially important to second career teachers who have more than 40 credits of social security.

You can call, enter the information on your representative’s website (see contact info. below) or write/mail.

Here is a generic letter to send to your U.S. House of Representatives or use parts to send or call.

Find your U. S. Legislators

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

John Larson  860-278-8888

Jim Himes  860-453-0028

Jahana Hayes  806-223-8412

Joe Courtney 860-886-0139

Rosa DeLauro 203-562-3718

You can also ask your friends and family members to write to their U.S. Representative in any state!

Please contact your U.S. Representative!

Joyce

CEA & WHEA PR Chair

This is the year that Social Security Reform will likely come to a vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives. It almost did last year.

Fortunately, we have CT Representative John Larson chairing the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security. On Jan. 30, he will introduce a Social Security Reform Bill.

House Bill 141, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019 – 2020, is to repeal the GPO/WEP.

What is the GPO? Government Pension Offset

What is the WEP? Windfall Elimination Provision

Why should you be interested? Because your retirement pension will be impacted in certain circumstances!!!

Particularly if you are a second-career teacher and have more than 40 credits of Social Security.

To the best of my knowledge, Representatives John Larson, Jim Himes, and Jahana Hayes have not signed on to co-sponsor this bill. I suggest you reach out to contact them to co-sponsor this important bill.

John Larson: 860-278-8888

Jim Himes: 860-453-0028

Jahana Hayes: 860-223-8412

It is important that they be contacted in order to include the repeal of the GPO/WEP in any Social Security Reform Bill.

Representatives Joe Courtney and Rosa Delauro have already co-sponsored the repeal bill. You could thank them and ask them to urge their colleagues to co-sponsor H.R.141 as well.