{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-democrats-press-trump-on-possible-plans-to-raise-social-security-retirement-age", "Warren, Democrats Press Trump on Possible Plans to Raise Social Security Retirement Age", "2025-09-30", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "MA", "Elizabeth Warren", "W000817", "www.warren.senate.gov", "warren", "https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Warren, Democrats Press Trump on Possible Plans to Raise Social Security Retirement Age\n\n\u201cAmericans deserve to retire with dignity\u2014not spend their retirement struggling to make ends meet.\u201d\n\nTrump\u2019s Social Security head recently said raising retirement age is on the table\n\nText of Letter (PDF)\n\nWashington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) pressed President Donald Trump directly on his administration\u2019s threats to raise the Social Security retirement age, which would amount to a benefit cut for millions of Americans. The letter comes shortly after Trump\u2019s Social Security Commissioner, Frank Bisignano, signaled he would be open to raising the retirement age during a Fox Business appearance.\n\n\u201cIf the Social Security retirement age is increased under your watch, you would be breaking your repeated promises to protect and preserve Americans\u2019 benefits,\u201d wrote the lawmakers.\n\nEven before Bisignano\u2019s latest comments, Republican policymakers, including the authors of Project 2025, have sought to raise the retirement age. Bisignano\u2019s comments raise new concerns about whether the administration will enact these proposals, putting retirement benefits at risk.\n\n\u201cCommissioner Bisignano\u2019s comments\u2014and immediate about-face\u2014left millions of Americans alarmed and confused about the status of their Social Security benefits,\u201d wrote the senators.\n\nThe lawmakers warned that raising the retirement age would put many low and middle-income workers at risk of economic insecurity. If the retirement age is raised to 69, as some proposals have suggested, a median-age retiree turning 62 in 2034 would ultimately lose nearly $100,000 over a decade of receiving benefits.\n\nEven worse, raising the retirement age to 69 would not change the Congressional Budget Office\u2019s projection that Social Security funds would be exhausted around 2034. The lawmakers said that actually making Social Security solvent will require the wealthy paying their fair share.\n\n\u201cAmericans deserve to retire with dignity\u2014not spend their retirement struggling to make ends meet,\u201d added the senators.\n\nThe senators are seeking answers by October 13th on whether the White House is seeking to raise the retirement age.\n\nSenate Dems\u2019 Social Security War Room is a coordinated effort to fight back against the Trump administration\u2019s attack on Americans\u2019 Social Security. The War Room coordinates messaging across the Senate Democratic Caucus and external stakeholders; encourages grassroots engagement by providing opportunities for Americans to share what Social Security means to them; and educates Senate staff, the American public, and stakeholders about Republicans\u2019 agenda and their continued cuts to Americans\u2019 Social Security services and benefits.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-democrats-press-trump-on-possible-plans-to-raise-social-security-retirement-age"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0779771730303764, "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"}