Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011. AARP volunteers concerned about potential cuts to critical Social Security and Medicare benefits attended Tuesday’s Public Hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (‘super committee’), at which Erskine Bowles and former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY), co-chairs of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, as well as Alice Rivlin and former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), co-chairs of the Debt Reduction Task Force, were scheduled as witnesses. AARP’s Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Joyce Rogers offered the following statement:
