{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=3C7FF332-BEB9-4FEE-BD00-AB9F5F4DF067", "Congressman Rogers Applauds Social Security Overpayment Relief for Victims of Eric C. Conn", "2024-08-01", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Harold Rogers", "R000395", "halrogers.house.gov", "halrogers", "https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "SOMERSET, KY \u2013 U.S. Rep. Harold \u201cHal\u201d Rogers (KY-05) applauds Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O\u2019Malley for providing additional relief to former clients and victims of attorney Eric C. Conn. Commissioner O\u2019Malley personally called Congressman Rogers to confirm Conn\u2019s former clients will not be required to pay back the government for wrongfully assessed overpayments. Additionally, victims who have made payments will be refunded by the federal government.\n\n\u201cThe federal government has ripped up an unfair social security bill for hundreds of eastern Kentuckians! This is long-overdue news for Conn\u2019s victims who were awarded money, and then billed to pay it back with no due process. This is a good step towards justice for our people,\u201d said Congressman Rogers, who serves all of Conn\u2019s former clients in southern and eastern Kentucky. \u201cI have been demanding justice and action from the Social Security Administration since this fiasco began more than seven years ago. While some legal relief has been provided over the years, this clear bill certainly brings a breath of relief for hundreds of families.\u201d\n\nCongressman Rogers has repeatedly contacted the SSA to push for better treatment of Conn\u2019s former clients, most recently in a letter to Commissioner O\u2019Malley earlier this year. During the call to Congressman Rogers, Commissioner O\u2019Malley expressed his apologies for the delayed decision.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m sorry it took us, as an agency, so long to catch up with the equities of this situation. The whole system was traumatized by the scale of this event. We will not be putting anybody in jeopardy of being assessed an overpayment, and those that were already assessed one, we\u2019re going to waive those and refund those who might have paid a little bit on it,\u201d said O\u2019Malley.\n\nO\u2019Malley confirmed the ongoing disability cases will not require Conn\u2019s victims to prove they were previously disabled, rather focusing on present medical status only.\n\nCongressman Rogers successfully pushed SSA to restore all benefits for Conn\u2019s victims during the lengthy redetermination process, ensuring paychecks were not unfairly stopped.\n\n\u201cI also want to applaud the pro bono attorneys in Eastern Kentucky who have donated countless hours and resources to provide legal representation for hundreds of victims in this case who otherwise could not afford to fight this battle on their own,\u201d said Congressman Rogers.\n\nFor more information about Congressman Rogers\u2019 work in Washington and at home in Kentucky, visit halrogers.house.gov and follow him on social media.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://halrogers.house.gov/press-releases?ID=3C7FF332-BEB9-4FEE-BD00-AB9F5F4DF067"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6245630793273449, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}