releases: https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-members-larson-and-davis-call-independent-review-questionable
Data license: MIT · Data source: dwillis/congress-press
This data as json
| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-members-larson-and-davis-call-independent-review-questionable | Ranking Members Larson and Davis Call for Independent Review of Questionable Federalization of Disability Reviews by Trump Officials at Social Security | 2026-08-06 | 2026 | 2026-08 | Democrat | House | CT | John B. Larson | L000557 | larson.house.gov | larson | https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases | scraper | “From the second President Trump and his administration were sworn in, they have demonstrated that they cannot be trusted,” said Ranking Member Larson. “Each year, Social Security conducts more than one million reviews of disability beneficiaries to see if they still qualify for disability benefits. Given this administration’s track record and how much is at stake for disability beneficiaries, we must ensure that we conduct oversight into their plans, so qualified disability beneficiaries are not harmed. As my grandfather Nolan used to say, trust everyone but cut the cards. We will be watching closely to ensure no one is dealt a bad hand from an administration that already tried to kick hundreds of thousands of Americans off the disability benefits they earned through a lifetime of work.” Every year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) conducts about 1.4 million CDRs to see if beneficiaries have experienced medical improvement. Benefits are terminated only if a full medical review shows a person has improved enough to return to work. While these reviews are necessary for program integrity, they can be complex and hard to navigate. Reviews can cause severe stress because beneficiaries fear losing their primary source of income, often after already waiting a year or more to be approved in the first place. Changes to this process can risk adding to that anxiety, creating new hurdles for people who rely on these benefits, or even qualified beneficiaries losing access to their benefits. | 1 | 2026-08-07T06:11:19Z | 2026-08-07T06:12:42Z |