Landsman Led the Charge in Passing the Social Security Fairness Act, Public Retirees Finally Receiving What They’re Owed

<p><strong><em>Cincinnati, OH</em></strong><em>&nbsp;– Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01)&nbsp;released the following statement on</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>the U.S.</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>Social Security</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>Administration’s announcement that it</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>will begin depositing adjusted payments to more than three million public</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>retirees</em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>as a result of the Social Security Fairness Act being signed into law.</em></p>

<p>For more than 40 years,&nbsp;two&nbsp;provisions&nbsp;in the Social Security law&nbsp;unfairly penalized&nbsp;public&nbsp;retirees&nbsp;–&nbsp;such as&nbsp;teachers, nurses, and police officers&nbsp;–&nbsp;who contributed to both public pensions and Social Security.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Congressman Landsman played a leading role in&nbsp;repealing these unfair provisions by&nbsp;helping&nbsp;to pass&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Social Security Fairness Act</em><em>&nbsp;</em>in late 2024<em>.</em>&nbsp;He&nbsp;helped&nbsp;lead the discharge petition effort –&nbsp;a&nbsp;rare congressional procedure&nbsp;used in Congress&nbsp;to force a vote on&nbsp;the&nbsp;bill.&nbsp;The petition&nbsp;quickly got the support it needed in the House and was&nbsp;later&nbsp;passed by the Senate.&nbsp;President Biden signed the bill in&nbsp;to law early 2025.</p>

<p>The Social Security Administration announced public retirees will begin seeing payment changes as early as this week, and full monthly benefit changes will be in effect with April’s Social Security payment.&nbsp;The Congressional Budget Office estimates that monthly benefits&nbsp;for public retirees&nbsp;will increase&nbsp;by&nbsp;$360&nbsp;to&nbsp;$1,190,&nbsp;depending on&nbsp;retirees’&nbsp;individual&nbsp;circumstances.</p>

<p><strong>Congressman Landsman:</strong></p>

<p>“We fought hard to pass the&nbsp;<em>Social Security Fairness Act,</em><em>&nbsp;</em>and our&nbsp;public retirees&nbsp;will&nbsp;finally start&nbsp;to see the&nbsp;benefits&nbsp;they’re owed&nbsp;each month.&nbsp;Grassroots advocacy&nbsp;truly&nbsp;made this happen, and we hope it can help restore some faith in our government. We&nbsp;can’t&nbsp;thank&nbsp;everyone&nbsp;enough who&nbsp;called, emailed, and wrote in – it made a difference.”</p>

<p>More information on the Social Security Administration’s announcement can be found&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/">here</a>.</p>

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