(Atlanta, Ga.) - Health care costs are one of the biggest pressures facing American families and the federal budget. At the same time, the national debt has now surpassed $40 trillion, raising new questions about how Washington can meet its…
(Arlington, VA - Sept. 1, 2026) - Concord Action Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement in response to the U.S. House passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund government spending until Dec. 11: “Just in time for…
(Arlington, Va. - August 25, 2026) In the days since the U.S. national debt surpassed $40 trillion, Concord Action advocates have sent over 2,900 letters to their members of Congress, urging lawmakers to confront the country’s worsening fiscal outlook. View…
Concord’s Bourdeaux: “Congress cannot pay lip service to this milestone today and then simply return to business as usual tomorrow.” (Arlington, VA - 8.19.2026) - The U.S. national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion, a staggering milestone equal to nearly…
(Arlington, Va. - Aug. 14, 2026) – On the 91st anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act, Concord Action Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement: “For 91 years, Social Security represented a promise between generations.…
(Arlington, VA - Aug. 8, 2026) - Concord Action Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement in response to U.S. Senate approval of a short-term stopgap spending bill that avoids tough decisions and instead punts their legally mandated…
(Arlington, Va. - Aug. 5, 2026) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee met Wednesday to examine the PROMISE Act and other proposals for addressing Social Security’s rapidly approaching financial deadline. Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to be depleted…
(Arlington, Va. - July 31, 2026) - Fox News published an op-ed today by Concord Action and Concord Coalition Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux marking Medicare’s 61st anniversary and examining nine years of unanswered warnings about the program’s finances. In…
(Arlington, Va. - July 28, 2026) - Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), will present CRFB’s Fiscal State of the Nation at Concord Action’s 2027 National Citizens Debt Summit, taking place March 2-4 in…
(July 29, 2026 - Arlington, Va.) - As the national debt continues to climb closer to $40 trillion, Concord Action is expanding its field team to expand the call to act on our unsustainable debt to more communities, recruit new…
(Dublin, Ga. - July 24, 2026) - With the national debt projected to reach $40 trillion this fall, Concord Action National Field Director Phil Smith joined the Dublin Rotary Club Friday to explain how the country reached this point and…
Executive Director Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux released the following statement regarding this week’s continued lack of fiscal leadership on Capitol Hill: “As Congress again stumbles into its traditional monthlong August recess, our nation’s budget remains in shambles. Congress needs to do…
