Repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision

By U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin
(R-Maine)

My parents, 88 and 86 years old, mean the world to me. My father worked at the local high school and my mother was a nurse. We didn’t have much growing up, but we got by with what we had and we helped others whenever we could. This is what being a Mainer is all about — helping your neighbors.

But like many other Mainers, my parents rely on Social Security. That’s why, in Congress, I have been working to protect and preserve Social Security and Medicare for our seniors. And it is because of my parents and other Maine seniors that I quickly supported a bill that will fully repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).

Many of our Maine seniors spent years working as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other community worker jobs, but this outdated and complicated Social Security formula is shorting their Social Security benefits. Congress needs to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision so that our Maine seniors can get the benefits they have worked hard for and earned.

That is exactly what I am pushing for in Congress and I will continue to urge my colleagues, Republican and Democratic, to act on this important issue.

Social Security is a vital program for our Maine seniors. In Congress, I will continue to support legislation that will protect and preserve Social Security for our seniors and future generations.