WASHINGTON — Top policymakers and experts in Social Security and retirement issues from across the political spectrum will gather on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, May 12, to discuss ways the current Congress can improve retirement security.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, will deliver keynote addresses. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and The Concord Coalition are co-hosting the forum.
WASHINGTON — Top policymakers and experts in Social Security and retirement issues from across the political spectrum will gather on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, May 12, to discuss ways the current Congress can improve retirement security.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, will deliver keynote addresses. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and The Concord Coalition are co-hosting the forum.
There will also be special remarks by former Senator Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and former Social Security Administrator James Lockhart, who co-chair BPC’s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings.
Two panels will be on the program as well. The first will focus on ways the current Congress — particularly with the approaching exhaustion of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund — can strengthen Social Security while improving benefits for those who depend upon it the most. The second panel will discuss how innovative policy solutions can promote expanded savings and retirement income.
The event will take place in the Capitol Visitor Center from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Keynote Speakers:
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Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance
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Jason Furman, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers
Special Remarks:
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Former Senator Kent Conrad, Co-Chair, BPC Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings
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Former Social Security Administrator James B. Lockhart III, Co-Chair, BPC Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings
Social Security Panel:
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Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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Eugene Steuerle, Co-Founder, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
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Doug Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum
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Moderator: Robert L. Bixby, Executive Director, The Concord Coalition
Private Savings Panel:
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Judy Miller, Director of Retirement Policy, American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries
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Christine Marcks, President, Prudential Financial
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Karen Friedman, Executive Vice President, Pension Rights Center
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Moderator: G. William Hoagland, Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy Center
FORUM: “A Bipartisan Opportunity: Improving Retirement Security”
WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 12
WHERE: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, SVC 200
Media Contact: Steve Winn, (703) 254-7828, [email protected]
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