Partisan acrimony on Capitol Hill may be registering at all-time highs, but you wouldn’t know it hearing Rep. John Larson, D-CT, speak of Rep. Sam Johnson, R-TX, chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees Social Security legislation.
“I think the world of Congressman Johnson,” Larson told BenefitsPro the week he reintroduced the latest version of the Social Security 2100 Act. “He’s an iconic American hero.”
Such praise is common for Rep. Johnson. Elected to Congress in 1991, the 86-year old retired Air Force officer flew combat missions in the Korean War and spent seven years as a prisoner of war after being shot down in North Vietnam in 1966. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, has called Johnson “the greatest living man I know.”
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Nick Thornton
Nick Thornton is a financial writer covering retirement and health care issues for BenefitsPRO and ALM Media. He greatly enjoys learning from the vast minds in the legal, academic, advisory and money management communities when covering the retirement space. He's also written on international marketing trends, financial institution risk management, defense and energy issues, the restaurant industry in New York City, surfing, cigars, rum, travel, and fishing. When not writing, he's pushing into some land or water.
