Wyden Statement on Trump’s Social Security Commissioner Nomination
Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement on Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate Frank Bisignano to be the commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA):
“Millions of Americans count on Social Security to deliver defined benefits they earned by paying into the program out of every paycheck,” Wyden said. “SSA ensures all benefits go out in full and on-time with the help of thousands of field offices across the country and a customer service operation in dire need of an update into the 21st century. I’m eager to learn how Mr. Bisignano’s plans to ensure Social Security benefits are delivered without issue amid Trump’s threats to gut the federal workforce. Americans deserve to know what Mr. Bisignano will do when Republicans in Congress propose stripping away disabled Americans’ benefits, restoring the agency’s draconian overpayment policies, raising the retirement age, and handing over their Social Security benefits to Wall Street.”
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