[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5036]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SOCIAL SECURITY UPDATE RULES

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in 1979, Social Security began 
to use rules to help decide who should receive disability benefits. A 
lot has changed since then, and, yet, believe it or not, Social 
Security continues to use the same rules from 1979.
  It is time Social Security caught up. That is why, today, I am 
introducing the Guiding Responsible and Improved Disability Decisions 
Act of 2015, which would require Social Security to update its rules. 
This bill is, simply, common sense.
  The American people want, need, and deserve a disability program that 
works, and they expect Social Security to make consistent and accurate 
decisions when determining who should receive benefits.
  On behalf of America's hard-working taxpayers, I urge my colleagues 
to join me in bringing Social Security into the 21st century.

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