Social Security Payments for Nazi War Crime Suspects
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WASHINGTON –The House members who authored and introduced the Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 (H.R. 5706, introduced 11/13/2014), Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) today announced their support for the No Social Security for Nazis Act (H.R.
Lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would halt Social Security benefits for suspected Nazi war criminals.
The bill would make them ineligible for federal benefits and instruct the attorney general to inform the Social Security Administration when someone loses or renounces their citizenship because of their Nazi participation.
"Our bill will eliminate the loophole that has allowed Nazi war criminals to collect Social Security benefits," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), one of three members who introduced the bill.
WASHINGTON -- Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), two senior members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today released the draft of a bill to cut off Social Security benefits for Nazi war criminals. The legislation is modeled after the 1999 Nazi Benefits Termination Act (H.R. 1788, 106th Congress).
A search for some small measure of justice will go on as long as Nazi war criminals remain alive and unpunished. Never mind that almost seven decades have passed since they participated in the Holocaust. Never mind that they are well up in years, perhaps approaching 100.
The outrage is that some of the guilty are living out their last days with the help of Social Security payments sent out by Uncle Sam.