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Social Security

A subcommittee of Committee on Ways and Means focused on the subject named in its title: Social Security.

Kind of body
subcommittee
Membership scope
house
Source snapshot
October 1, 2026
Parent body
Committee on Ways and Means

This is an orientation based on the subcommittee’s name and parent. It is not a complete independent statement of legal jurisdiction.

Leadership

PersonActual source title
Ron EstesChair

Source-snapshot members

Leadership and minority titles vary by body. Committee membership describes an assignment, not an individual’s opinion on every issue.

MemberRole in sourceCurrent party, where recorded
Aaron BeanmemberRepublican
Blake D. MoorememberRepublican
Gwen MoorememberDemocratic
John B. LarsonmemberDemocratic
Lloyd SmuckermemberRepublican
Mike CareymemberRepublican
Nathaniel MoranmemberRepublican
Randy FeenstramemberRepublican
Ron EstesChairRepublican
Rudy Yakym IIImemberRepublican
Stacey E. PlaskettmemberDemocratic
Steven HorsfordmemberDemocratic
Terri A. SewellmemberDemocratic

Sources you can check

  • House Member Data · Clerk of the U.S. House of RepresentativesPublished October 1, 2026

Research checked October 19, 2026. Source publication dates may be earlier. Read the coverage and limitations →