Today, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) announced the introduction of H.R.7556 , the Pensions For All Act, to fix a broken retirement system that has failed millions of hardworking, working-class Americans. The bill ... would provide comprehensive retirement coverage to the more than 56 million working-class Americans who currently lack employer-sponsored retirement plans.
Champion legislation to guarantee retirement security and comprehensive retirement coverage for American workers.
Occurrences
The Pensions for All Act will require corporations to: Provide a traditional retirement plan to their workers that is equivalent or better than the one provided to new members of Congress under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS); or Pay enough contributions into FERS that would enable all of their workers to receive the same amount of retirement benefits as Members of Congress do.
Evidence
Ramirez's current issues page includes a Dignified Retirement section saying she supports policies that strengthen long-term services and expand social services, and it lists her as a cosponsor of the Social Security Fairness Act, Social Security 2100 Act, Close the Medigap Act, and Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 82 became Public Law No. 118-273 on January 5, 2025. The law repeals the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions that had reduced Social Security benefits for people with certain pensions.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 4583 as still introduced, with the latest action on December 17, 2024 being referral to the Subcommittee on Social Security. The bill was not enacted.
Assessments
Ramirez materially supported retirement-security legislation by cosponsoring multiple bills, and one meaningful measure, the Social Security Fairness Act, became law on January 5, 2025, improving benefits for workers and retirees harmed by pension offsets. That is a concrete retirement-security result and warrants credit. But the broader promise to guarantee retirement security and deliver comprehensive retirement coverage for American workers was not fully achieved, since the larger expansion agenda, including the Social Security 2100 Act, did not pass. Because the enacted result came after her initial House term rather than within it, the best fit is partial delivery in a later term.