Washington, Sept. 2 -- Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, today introduced the Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act, a bill to improve financial security for widows and widowers by adjusting the way the Social Security Administration calculates insurance benefits for surviving spouses in two-income households.
"The grief of losing a loved one shouldn't be compounded by the stress of financial hardship," said Congresswoman Sanchez. "Sadly, that's the reality for too many surviving spouses, who can lose half their household income overnight. The POWR Act moves to fix that. After decades of hard w...