Answers to Questions for the Record From Ranking Member Becerra Following a Hearing by the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security on Understanding Social Security’s Solvency Challenge
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The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security convened a hearing at which CBO’s Director testified on financial shortfalls projected for Social Security. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
On September 21, 2016, the Subcommittee on Social Security of the House Committee on Ways and Means convened a hearing at which Director Keith Hall testified about the differences in the timing and magnitude of the financial shortfalls that CBO and the Social Security Trustees project for the Social Security system. After the hearing, Ranking Member Becerra submitted questions for the record. This document provides CBO’s answers.
