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ision) provisions of the Social Security act. HR 82 is up to be brought to the full house ASAP. It is a bill to eliminate the unfair GPO (Government Pension Offset) and WEP (Windfall Elimination prov I need to provide for me in retirement. With 321 co-sponsors, there is overwhelming bipartisan support for HR 82. I am a former firefighter, who was retired due to a medical condition. This ear ly retirement gets me a small pension as I reach full retirement age. The WEP reduces significantly my Social Security benefits, which I have earned and The WEP and GPO unfairly reduce paid – for Social Security benefits are disproportionate and fundamentally unfair. fficers, and firefighters. The penalties imposed by the WEP and GPO of nearly 3,000,000 public employees, including teachers, police o or for a vote, Senator Murray and Senator Cantwell. Please, Representative Jayapal, become a supporter of HR 82 and even join in and co-sponsor it. And please cosponsor S 597 and bring it to the Senate flo I do appreciate having all of you as my representatives in DC. There's a hard fight coming up, I hope we the Democrats make it through to the other side.
