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Hearing Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript · 19 transcript matches
DAN ADCOCK "First, for somebody who is still working, I know that when we talk about a more broad picture of Social Security reform, one of the things that we support, the National Committee, is that there be a Social Security caregiver credit, because if you are leaving the workforce to care for either a child or an elderly parent, it means for every year that you're out of the workforce, your Social Security record is reducing your Social Security benefit for the future. Legislation has been introduced in the past which would provide basically a proxy for the time someone left the workforce while..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 17 transcript matches
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "She's a graduate of the University of Maryland Law School. And Ms. Nancy Altman is President of Social Security Works, and Chair of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. She currently serves as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board, and has 50 years background in the area of Social Security, Medicare, private pensions, and related programs. And we'll go from the way I introduced this, so you go, Mr. Abacus, go ahead, please"
Hearing Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the facts and the path forward.
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript · 12 transcript matches
GRAHAM, LINDSEY "that experience of growing up and well loved is a very great life. So my mom was 17 years younger than my dad. You always think she's going to be around. Well, life throws you a curveball. So she passes away from Hodgkin's disease and about 15 months later, my dad dies and I've got a 13-year-old sister and nothing, you know, people have worse stories than mine. The only reason I tell this is that we moved in with an aunt and uncle and Social Security survivor benefits, they worked in the textile plants, really mattered. There's a time in my life where that Social Security check really, really..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary,...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 12 transcript matches
SPEAKER_10 "How are you doing that? Social Security Administration announced last week that we're going to be including when you try to get a Social Security card for a newborn child, that there'll be a box to make sure you can enroll right there. We're looking at other avenues for auto-enrollment and working closely with Senator Cruz and hopefully would love to work forward with that with you as well, if confirmed. Yes, ma'am. We are. So we're working with"
Hearing Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Frank J. Bisignano
house Social Security Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
FRANK BISIGNANO "No one walks into a social security office and says, am I on the numinant file? I like to call it the social security number database. And that social security number database had never been reconciled. Now, recognize we created two new positions, a head of risk management to report to"
Committee Social Security Subcommittee
house Ways and Means Committee
Hearing “Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Government Operations Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
SESSIONS, PETE "once the money has gone out the door, it's hard to get back. This remains a very important issue and this subcommittee to both the young ranking member and myself in this subcommittee is very important. But one critical element missing from our many conversations is what sort of fraud are we trying to prevent? How does it really work? What really are we doing about it? And where do we need to focus our attention to make sure that we are going to address this properly? In our past discussions, we've referenced the fraudsters in a dark room stealing our Aunt Sally's social security number...."
Hearing Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Frank J. Bisignano
house Social Security Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"She's a graduate of the University of Maryland Law School. And Ms. Nancy Altman is President of Social Security Works, and Chair of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition. She currently serves as a member of the Social Security Advisory Board, and has 50 years background in the area of Social Security, Medicare, private pensions, and related programs. And we'll go from the way I introduced this, so you go, Mr. Abacus, go ahead, please"
Witness Martin O'Malley
Social Security Administration · 1 hearing
Testimony SPEAKER_05
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"The Trump administration's track record and its goals are clear. President Trump and his administration have proposed massive benefit cuts to social security disability benefits. They have slashed social security's customer services, and the activism laws protecting the privacy of social security data don't apply to them. As evidence, let me remind everyone that during his first term, President Trump proposed using social security's demonstration authority to slash disability benefits by $50..."
Testimony DAN ADCOCK
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"First, for somebody who is still working, I know that when we talk about a more broad picture of Social Security reform, one of the things that we support, the National Committee, is that there be a Social Security caregiver credit, because if you are leaving the workforce to care for either a child or an elderly parent, it means for every year that you're out of the workforce, your Social Security record is reducing your Social Security benefit for the future. Legislation has been introduced..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So when he ran for president in 2024, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he, quote, wouldn't touch Social Security, and as soon as he took office, he immediately directed Elon Musk, who thinks that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, to doge his way through the Social Security Administration. He slashed"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"That's big. For our seniors, and coming off of the Social Security fairness that we did in the pre-administration, but for our firefighters and our postal workers and our police officers, but just what we did within the Social Security space, a $6,000 tax deduction, which is greater than the Social Security taxes the average senior household currently pays. For our manufacturers who built this country, we implemented 100 percent immediate expensing for equipment and"
Testimony OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for working with us on the prior amendment, as well as for your partnership with your staff negotiating on this amendment in a bipartisan way. This provision reflects bipartisan legislation in the House and Senate, and I appreciate your team working with us on it. This amendment is a common-sense provision that reflects modern workforce realities. It ensures that professionals who are experienced are not forced out of service before they are eligible to receive..."
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"not an option. The only threat to current retirees benefits is partisan fear-mongering that impedes bipartisan action. And I always say this facetiously, but I wanted to say there's some truth to it as far as I'm concerned. We get calls in the office almost daily, don't cut Social Security. I'm not on the phone talking to these constituents, but I'd like to say to them, if you knew how scared members of Congress of both political parties are of the issue of Social Security, you'd be laughing at..."
Testimony GRAHAM, LINDSEY
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"that experience of growing up and well loved is a very great life. So my mom was 17 years younger than my dad. You always think she's going to be around. Well, life throws you a curveball. So she passes away from Hodgkin's disease and about 15 months later, my dad dies and I've got a 13-year-old sister and nothing, you know, people have worse stories than mine. The only reason I tell this is that we moved in with an aunt and uncle and Social Security survivor benefits, they worked in the..."
Hearing H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H.R. 8884 – Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act; H. Res....
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_05 "The Trump administration's track record and its goals are clear. President Trump and his administration have proposed massive benefit cuts to social security disability benefits. They have slashed social security's customer services, and the activism laws protecting the privacy of social security data don't apply to them. As evidence, let me remind everyone that during his first term, President Trump proposed using social security's demonstration authority to slash disability benefits by $50 billion over 10"
Hearing Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer, Frank J. Bisignano
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
ESTES, RON "Well, thank you, Chairman Smith, and welcome, Mr. Bisignano. As Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee, I appreciate our work together on the Social Security side of your portfolio. But, you know, currently we're in the middle of the tax season, which is the first one since the Working Families Tax Cuts, which is a monumental shift for American"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"president, members of Congress, political candidates, and leaders of senior advocacy group organizations to come clean about the facts with the American people. AARP and other organizations need to stop running commercials saying don't cut and instead start running ads saying Congress should act. Here's just a few Social Security facts. Social Security is facing a funding shortfall largely due to demographics because far fewer workers are paying into the Social Security relative to benefit..."
Testimony SHERMAN, BRAD
From Wall Street to Main Street: The Future of How America Invests
house Financial Services Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"you're encouraged to invest in the American economy and to become a shareholder. This is important for two reasons. First, it is the lifeblood of our economy, and making sure the capital markets work well as markets for the entire country is of critical importance. And second, it is important to save for your retirement. This Congress needs to do something with regard to Social Security, but Social Security has never been the answer, the sole answer to retirement. And in fact, this Congress and..."
Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"have tax information If that information gets out it could be very valuable and it could Thank you I now want to address some some of the issues that we talked about earlier in terms of improving the public's access to Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration lost 7,000 workers, which is a lot, because DOJ encouraged and pushed them out, and pushed out the more experienced"
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_20 "That's big. For our seniors, and coming off of the Social Security fairness that we did in the pre-administration, but for our firefighters and our postal workers and our police officers, but just what we did within the Social Security space, a $6,000 tax deduction, which is greater than the Social Security taxes the average senior household currently pays. For our manufacturers who built this country, we implemented 100 percent immediate expensing for equipment and"
Hearing Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret government spending to light, including S.766, to require an annual report of...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DR. JOSHUA MILLER "But it's not just the firing of inspector generals that is the problem. The greatest fraud you can perpetrate against the American people is using their personal data and information for wealth, influence, or political power. And that is what we're hearing with the so-called DOJ initiative as we are hearing reports that DOJ personnel removed Social Security numbers from the Social Security Administration. Now in other times, this would be treated like the outrage it"
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_05 "Your agency recently published a preliminary report analyzing SNAP participant data from 29 state agencies. Across these 29 states, the department found nearly 450,000 cases of dummy Social Security numbers, 26,333 cases of no Social Security number, and 185,986 cases of deceased individuals receiving SNAP. State agencies are already required to collect and verify SNAP applicants' Social Security numbers and run checks with Social Security death master files. State agencies are already required to collect and verify SNAP applicants' Social Security numbers and run checks with Social Security..."
Hearing Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Federal Tax Policy in the Multibillion-Dollar Industry
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
LARSON, JOHN B. "But if you're that American couple sitting across the kitchen table trying to make ends meet, I've got to think you're probably not focused on this and the problems of a young athlete who comes into enormous sums of money, you're still trying to figure out how you're going to make ends meet. And especially with an illegal war going on and gas prices soaring out of sight with Social Security not having been addressed in over 55 years and the recent Social Security report coming out again and now concluding that within six years, just six years, everyone in the country will lose on average $500..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
MURRAY, PATTY "about native-born workers. It is so apparent this department is posting this kind of garbage as a wink and nod to extremists and to get a rise out of everyone else who is paying attention, but you need to hear it from somebody. This kind of language and imagery is a disgrace. Mr. Sonderling, Frances Perkins, the woman who we can thank for the minimum wage, for the 40-hour work week, for social security, she built this department to stop employers with records like yours. So I'll close with this, the four million workers whose overtime you shut the door on didn't get a vote on that policy, but..."
Testimony JASON FICHTNER
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"And Mr. Chairman, if I can, because the comment came up. I'm sorry. No, please. Whether or not to touch Social Security, like, hands off Social Security. What I would encourage the Senate is to put their hands on Social Security because"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Thank you very much, Representative Scanlon, for those questions, because I think it really is important to point out how this administration continues to violate the basic civil liberties of citizens, of residents. The idea that they're going into Social Security, those are your Social Security. That's your"
Testimony DR. JOSHUA MILLER
Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret governm...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"But it's not just the firing of inspector generals that is the problem. The greatest fraud you can perpetrate against the American people is using their personal data and information for wealth, influence, or political power. And that is what we're hearing with the so-called DOJ initiative as we are hearing reports that DOJ personnel removed Social Security numbers from the Social Security Administration. Now in other times, this would be treated like the outrage it"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Thanks everybody for coming for this very important subject and before I read my opening statement I want to thank Senator Sanders for his cooperation. I went to him about a month ago and I said I'd like to have this hearing on this very day and he very quickly said yes and it was going to be a bipartisan meeting and I hope that sets the stage for the fact that nothing on this subject of Social Security is going to get done if it doesn't happen in a bipartisan way so I thank you for your..."
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Okay. Ms. Altman, some of my Republican colleagues in one form or another have talked about raising the retirement age, privatizing Social Security, cutting COLAs, and reducing Social Security benefits. What impact would that have on millions of"
Testimony FRANK BISIGNANO
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"No one walks into a social security office and says, am I on the numinant file? I like to call it the social security number database. And that social security number database had never been reconciled. Now, recognize we created two new positions, a head of risk management to report to"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"But I think the American people are catching on that the system, the economy today is not working for them. It's benefiting the very wealthy. And I think most Americans know that after you work your entire life, you should be able to retire with dignity and security. So my goal is to increase Social Security benefits, expand the solvency of Social Security, as I know you want to do, maybe 75 years, which would be great, but do it in a way"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"And meanwhile, while the people on top have never ever had it so good, we are seeing senior citizens in Vermont and throughout this country literally struggling to pay for their prescription drugs, to put food on the table, heat their homes. In the richest country on earth, we can do better than that. And I think basically bottom line here is this Congress is going to have to summon up the courage to stand up to some enormously powerful people and their super PACs and expand Social Security..."
Testimony LARSON, JOHN B.
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Add to that the fact that people are still being taxed on their Social Security benefits in spite in spite of the claim of the other side that they've taken care of that yet maybe six million out of the 28 got some relief but there that by my math means that 22 million Americans who shouldn't be taxed on their Social Security still get taxed on their Social Security. Also as we all know that while the repeal of Weapon GPO was important and"
Testimony PINGREE, CHELLIE
Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"year, she got in a tiff with the president over something he didn't like going on in the state of Maine, and she said, I'll see you in court. Oh, my God, that unleashed a firestorm of cutting school lunch programs, of cutting funding at the university for agricultural research projects. They even interfered with our Social Security Administration on enrolling babies in Social Security, saying people would have to bring the baby into the office that was rarely even personed, didn't always have..."
Testimony SPEAKER_05
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"Your agency recently published a preliminary report analyzing SNAP participant data from 29 state agencies. Across these 29 states, the department found nearly 450,000 cases of dummy Social Security numbers, 26,333 cases of no Social Security number, and 185,986 cases of deceased individuals receiving SNAP. State agencies are already required to collect and verify SNAP applicants' Social Security numbers and run checks with Social Security death master files. State agencies are already required..."
Testimony BEAN, AARON
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"to help you? Whatever you're doing, that recipe for your team has helped. It's helped my team. We don't get as many calls on help me with my Social Security, so thank you for doing that. Social Security, though, has a history of trying to do their own computer programs and doing things. That hasn't gone well in the past, so are you still looking at private vendors that can take us to the next level in processing? I met with a company called Evolution IQ, and I'm sure there's others, but this..."
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Yeah. Dr. Dahl, sometimes when we do things here that aren't part of the Social Security discussion, they still have an impact on Social Security solvency. What impact did the big, beautiful bill, Trump's big, beautiful bill, have on solvency of the trust"
Testimony NANCY ALTMAN
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"It's forced out the most experienced workers and really decimated the agency. I think what Congress should do is immediately enact the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act, which provides the money that pays for Social Security and the administration of"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"senior households rely on it for at least 50 percent or more of their income and many Americans really have no personal savings at all and are at least 20 percent rely on it for basically their entire income post-retirement. So it really is protection against senior years lived in desperate poverty. But the provisions for Social Security are in jeopardy. The independent estimates by the Social Security Administration and the Congressional Budget Office find that just six years from now, the..."
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"My constituent services team reports another challenge. And that is with the cuts to these administrative personnel in Social Security, the wait times for actually signing up for Social Security have increased substantially. People on the 800 number waiting one to six"
Testimony ESTES, RON
Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive O...
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Well, thank you, Chairman Smith, and welcome, Mr. Bisignano. As Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee, I appreciate our work together on the Social Security side of your portfolio. But, you know, currently we're in the middle of the tax season, which is the first one since the Working Families Tax Cuts, which is a monumental shift for American"
Testimony WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"If we still agree on that, then there are win-win common-sense solutions that would both extend Social Security solvency indefinitely without benefit cuts and make our corrupted tax system fairer. Right now, the cap on Social Security contributions means that a tech exec making a million dollars effectively stops paying into Social Security in March, while a schoolteacher continues to make contributions from her paycheck through every single paycheck all year long. My Medicare and Social..."
Testimony LUJÁN, BEN RAY
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"We should pay everybody, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that. To everyone that's here today, I want to say thank you for coming to this important discussion and to our chair and our ranking member for having this hearing today on Social Security. Coming from New Mexico, like many states across the country, Social Security is a critical lifeline for seniors, for people, for my brothers and sisters with disabilities, and for survivors. Hardworking Americans deserve to spend their lives in dignity..."
Testimony PADILLA, ALEX
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"not questions for you all, because I would assume you're not in a position to comment on this, but I think it's important to know, colleagues, that similar to the IRS's legally dubious data sharing agreement, the administration's abuse of Social Security data also threatens Americans' privacy and now also risks disenfranchising eligible voters. We know, we don't suspect, we know, thanks to a lawsuit that revealed the details of this previously undisclosed data sharing agreement that the Trump..."
Testimony FRANK BISIGNANO
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"We're building better functionality that if they can't print it at home, but they have the web that will print it right there for them and waiting for them. You know, I think Social Security with over 100 million digital users and over 300 million Social Security numbers serving America, is the number one personal identifier for everybody and protecting that is first and foremost. Yes. I think the first thing is management"
Testimony FRANK BISIGNANO
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"I think above that job is a conversation I had earlier, which is a full reconciliation constantly of what is really the Social Security number database, because many times that fraud doesn't happen within Social Security. It happens in the other areas of government and elsewhere where that number gets used. So the ability for us to stay vigilant on the reconciliation, the ability for us to supply dedicated resource so people have a dedicated person to deal with, and then"
Testimony FRANK BISIGNANO
Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive O...
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Yes If you want to talk about Social Security, I'd come see you anytime you want to talk about Social Security. There's an"
Testimony LARSON, JOHN B.
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"But if you're that American couple sitting across the kitchen table trying to make ends meet, I've got to think you're probably not focused on this and the problems of a young athlete who comes into enormous sums of money, you're still trying to figure out how you're going to make ends meet. And especially with an illegal war going on and gas prices soaring out of sight with Social Security not having been addressed in over 55 years and the recent Social Security report coming out again and now..."
Testimony SMITH, TINA
Hearings to examine the fiscal outlook, 2027-2036.
senate Finance Committee · Mar 11, 2026
"security. And I appreciated Senator Cassidy's questions about sort of what our obligations are around social security and the impacts of not, you know, not making sure that social security, um, is strong. But,"
Testimony DAN ADCOCK
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Number two, will repealing the RET actually increase the participation of older Americans in the workforce, or are there other legislative changes that should be made to advance this goal? Number three, what will the impact of repealing the RET be on the Social Security Administration's to implement the change and on the solvency of the Social Security trust funds? I know from attending town halls with seniors that repealing the RET would be extremely"
Testimony SMITH, JASON
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"I have a few questions, Commissioner. As someone who represents a number of rural communities and many families that rely on Social Security in order to retire with dignity and security, I appreciate how important it is that people maintain reliable access to Social Security services, whether it is in contact with your agency by way of phone, online, or in person at your field"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Ms. Altman, I want you to say a word about a fact that I don't think is widely known, but it really is an American tragedy, and that is due to a lack of funding for the Social Security administration, some 30,000 Americans with disabilities die every year waiting for the Social Security benefits they have earned. What should Congress do about"
Testimony RACHEL GRESZLER
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"federal income taxes. So it's really kind of a spillover, not just to Social Security, but to all the other government revenues as well. I'd just like to bring up a point on the solvency of Social Security and the issue of raising the retirement age. The reality today is that Social Security does not have the ability to continue paying benefits when the trust fund runs insolvent sometime between 2032, the most recent projections, and that's an across-the-board 23 to 28% benefit"
Testimony LARSON, JOHN B.
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And I think it's incumbent upon us, but I would just add that for over 5 million Americans, they get below-poverty-level checks from Social Security. For 40% of all Americans, the only pensions they'll receive are their Social Security check. And we do have solutions for that, but we need to spend time on this committee hearing and putting those ideas forward and voting on"
Testimony JASON FICHTNER
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"I want to also thank Chairman Scott and Ranking Member Gillibrand for your leadership in ensuring that important public policy issues involving aging and Social Security get the attention of the debate they deserve, and that ideas and viewpoints from all sides are aired in a collegial, productive, and respectful manner. It is truly a privilege for me to testify before this committee today. My testimony today focuses primarily on the importance of reducing confusion around the Social Security..."
Testimony KIM, ANDY
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"to leave a job or choose to figure out how they can do that and balance it in terms of taking care of their loved one, and depending on when the caregiver leaves a workforce, this can often shortchange Social Security benefits. But there are other also increased challenges for older caregivers who are living on Social Security alone upon retiring. In either scenario, it's often the case that benefits are often not enough to get past daily expenses, let alone expenses associated with caregiving...."
Testimony JASON FICHTNER
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Along with reducing confusion in the Social Security claiming decision, this includes reducing barriers for seniors to continue working in their later years. Fundamentally, claiming Social Security does not mean one needs to stop working, nor does stopping work mean one must claim Social Security at the same time. Many people will either want or need to continue working and saving into their later"
Testimony SHAI AKABAS
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"and surviving spouses who face sharp drops in income when a partner dies. I would also note that the U.S. senators elected this fall will, for the first time, be required to confront Social Security's insolvency during their term in office. That is a new political reality. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, Social Security's history is one of problems deferred. The longer Congress waits, the more disruptive the eventual fix will"
Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"population, are currently over the age of 65, and that population is continuing to grow. By 2040, we expect one in five Americans will be 65. The U.S. workforce is rapidly changing. According to GAO, older workers now represent nearly a quarter of our total workforce, a growing share that reflects broader demographic shifts. But for that reason, we must evaluate our programs. We have to evaluate our rules and our laws and make sure that both employees and workers can read, can navigate today's..."
Testimony DAN ADCOCK
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Sure I mean it's something we hear from our members quite a bit that they're concerned about it, along with other chaos that has happened because of Doge in managing the Social Security Administration. Yeah, you know, they understand that so much of their personal information, both health care and Social Security, is part of that database. And heretofore, they believed that that was a pretty secure site, that they didn't really have to worry about it. But now, basically, because of this..."
Testimony MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I think the SALT and the senior deduction were most beneficial. I was very proud to have authored the bonus senior deduction. And I think essentially it has given back the seniors that qualify the taxes that they paid on Social Security. And they're seeing that money returned to them, which is why it is no tax on Social Security provision. Could you talk a little bit about SALT and senior deduction, how that benefited, preferably New York, but the entire country? Yeah, and the SALT deduction,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"How are you doing that? Social Security Administration announced last week that we're going to be including when you try to get a Social Security card for a newborn child, that there'll be a box to make sure you can enroll right there. We're looking at other avenues for auto-enrollment and working closely with Senator Cruz and hopefully would love to work forward with that with you as well, if confirmed. Yes, ma'am. We are. So we're working with"
Testimony FOXX, VIRGINIA
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"Services Committee sharing their thoughts and insights with us here today on why this is the case. H.R. 8884, the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act, Mr. Scott's bill, would amend Title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the Disability Insurance Program. This legislation works to empower Americans with disabilities by restoring the Social Security Administration's authority to run voluntary pilot programs to test policies that reward work..."
Testimony JASON FICHTNER
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"They'd say, wait, minimum? What do you mean minimum? I can get more? The framing is very important. If we start disconnecting, stopping work with Social Security claiming, then we can start talking about how people could use different types of income, working or retirement, when they claim Social Security, that's best for them, without confusing them with confusing language. I think that's something Congress can do and we should all do culturally, is maybe we retire the word"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Now Senate Democrats have fought back, and we have forced the Trump administration to reverse course on some of their most harmful policies, but this fight is not over. Social Security Administration is still facing a customer service crisis, and the Trump administration and the Republicans are still looking for ways to cut Social Security. So their current approach is make Americans work until they drop"
Testimony TILLIS, THOMAS
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"and she said she'd be really mad at me if I did that. And yet, people are messaging that Republicans are here to kill Social Security. Does anybody really believe that that would be fiscally or politically wise? But if we continue that rhetoric, what's going to happen here is we're going to talk past each other. And instead of considering extraordinarily well-thought-out proposals by people like Senator Cassidy that has Democrats engaged, we come out here and we're just sparring at either end..."
Testimony SPEAKER_36
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"life easier, but a trillion-dollar defense bill, a dangerous Social Security bill, and a Republican self-esteem exercise. On NDAA, I will say that better pay for service members matters, better housing matters, better support for military families matters. But this bill authorizes more than $1 trillion for defense and wars at a time when Donald Trump has made it clear that he is perfectly happy to start an illegal war to kill 13 American service members. I think giving that much money to Pete..."
Testimony CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"projections that have occurred since the last report. And can you talk a little bit about why the immigration issue is having an impact, what we're dealing with immigration now, and why it's having an impact on this issue with respect to the funding Social Security? Sure. The trustees of Social Security. So if we were to pass wholesale immigration reform and have a really thoughtful process about immigration reform, would that actually add revenue to the Social Security Thank you. And then one..."
Testimony MURRAY, PATTY
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Believe me, I want everyone to know I'm watching this investigation closely and demanding accountability. If we want to protect Social Security for decades to come, yes, we do need to talk about solvency. But we also need to talk about the president, who is gutting the Social Security administration right now, today, and callously putting our seniors' benefits and their personal data at risk. Now with that, Dr. Dahl, I want to turn to"
Testimony MURRAY, PATTY
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. We absolutely do need to talk about how we protect Social Security, but in addition to the long-term solvency that people are focusing on here, I don't think we can ignore the immediate threat to Social Security, and that really is President Trump, because seniors right now today are having a very hard time getting their benefits."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"and literally may not be capable of adding work. adding work. Indeed, as you say, these are often the people who have to retire early because they're just physically spent. And look, I'm all for older Americans working longer if they want to work a lot longer, but let's not confuse wanting to work with being forced to work because the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to Social Security. Instead of hanging those workers out to dry, we should be expanding and protecting Social..."
Testimony NANCY ALTMAN
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"On page four of my written statement, I list the dollar amount of Social Security benefits that flow into each of the subcommittee member states every month. By the same token, expanding Social Security's modest benefits will increase economic security and strengthen the economy. That leaves the question how the expanded benefits are financed and the shortfall eliminated. It's imperative to recognize that after Congress enacted the Social Security amendments of 1983, the subsequent trustees'..."
Testimony LUJÁN, BEN RAY
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Appreciate that. Thank you all for being honest and logical. Now, turning now to the issue of solvency in Social Security trust fund. Ms. Glenn, yes or no, did you state in an August 2025 letter to ranking member Wyden that the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act would accelerate Social Security insolvency? To what extent did these changes move up the projected insolvency date of Social Security trust"
Testimony DAN ADCOCK
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"We urge you to ensure that SSA has enough additional resources to do this work so it is not forced to shift resources from its other operations, which are already severely underfunded. Finally, we know from former Social Security Chief Actuary Steven Goss that RIT repeal will ultimately reduce trust fund costs, but we are concerned how paying more benefits shortly after the RIT repeal is enacted would affect Social Security's solvency when reserves are expected to be depleted by 2034. The..."
Testimony MARKEY, EDWARD J.
Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret governm...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"Could you elaborate upon the safeguards in IG, a real IG, or other legitimate agencies would use to protect Americans' personal data, which has been compromised across our government under the Trump administration? DOJ got access to the social security data, which is basically our lives, how much everyone earned, their age, everything. It's just pretty much an x-ray of each family. DOJ got access to that private social security data. What has it resulted in, in terms of DOJ's exposure of the..."
Testimony LUJÁN, BEN RAY
Hearings to examine Social Security, focusing on a discussion on the f...
senate Budget Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Now the Republican Big Beautiful Bill exacerbated this crisis, deepening, depleting the Social Security trust fund quicker and putting millions of seniors at risk. Now, Miss, sorry, Dr. Dahl, if Congress maintains the status quo, how will future insolvency impact folks across the nation who rely on Social Security to pay their bills? The analysis that I was given suggested that beneficiaries, beneficiaries would see an average cut of"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"Yeah that seems right to me Look we've got to make sure that the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share and not force seniors to work until they drop dead. Right now, a billionaire, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, pays as much in Social Security taxes as someone who makes $175,000 a year. I've got a bill to fix that, and it would raise enough money to increase benefits by $200 a month for every senior and help stabilize Social Security to make sure it is round for the long haul. Social..."
Testimony ELIZABETH MILITO
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"high. Or, as one member recently shared, economic uncertainty is the biggest challenge, while another wrote, taxes are too high. Business seems to be getting harder and harder to make a profit. The message from small businesses to Congress is simple. Do no economic harm. That message is especially relevant to today's hearing. Proposals such as the Social Security Expansion Act are often framed as affecting only millionaires and billionaires, but small businesses are not out of harm's way from..."
Testimony NANCY ALTMAN
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"This is people's most personal data, and it's also enormously useful for a scammer. It has, if you've applied for disability benefits, it has your medical records. If you've got your Social Security number, your bank routing number, your spouse's name, if you've been divorced, it has so much information, and it's been entrusted to the government with the understanding that it will be used for the specific mission of making sure people get their Social Security benefits. So this is really, this..."
Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"the approximate wait time for an office appointment was 35 days, and the agency has limited publicizing its casework metrics. So we just don't have a lot of insight into this. So one potential burden reduction on Social Security Administration would be to eliminate the need to administer the retirement earnings test. This is something that the Chairman and I are looking into as a reform that I think is interesting and good. For beneficiaries who remain in the workplace, what major challenges do..."
Testimony CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
Hearings to examine the future of social security.
senate Finance Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Staff cuts. For example, in Clark County, Nevada, where Las Vegas is, there is a backlog of more than 500 foster youth who are currently unable to obtain their Social Security cards due to new burdensome documentation requirements recently imposed by the SSA. And recent staffing shortages are also making it more difficult to find a solution for these children. Let me ask you this. In your view, Ms. Altman, what will be the long-term consequences of such steep staffing cuts for the future of the..."
Hearing Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript
OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY "you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for working with us on the prior amendment, as well as for your partnership with your staff negotiating on this amendment in a bipartisan way. This provision reflects bipartisan legislation in the House and Senate, and I appreciate your team working with us on it. This amendment is a common-sense provision that reflects modern workforce realities. It ensures that professionals who are experienced are not forced out of service before they are eligible to receive their full Social Security benefits. Under the Foreign Service Act, members of the Foreign Service..."
Hearing From Wall Street to Main Street: The Future of How America Invests
house Capital Markets Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SHERMAN, BRAD "you're encouraged to invest in the American economy and to become a shareholder. This is important for two reasons. First, it is the lifeblood of our economy, and making sure the capital markets work well as markets for the entire country is of critical importance. And second, it is important to save for your retirement. This Congress needs to do something with regard to Social Security, but Social Security has never been the answer, the sole answer to retirement. And in fact, this Congress and all of its predecessors have put our money, or the"
Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Transcript
LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA "Thank you very much, Representative Scanlon, for those questions, because I think it really is important to point out how this administration continues to violate the basic civil liberties of citizens, of residents. The idea that they're going into Social Security, those are your Social Security. That's your"
Hearing Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Bill
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
PINGREE, CHELLIE "year, she got in a tiff with the president over something he didn't like going on in the state of Maine, and she said, I'll see you in court. Oh, my God, that unleashed a firestorm of cutting school lunch programs, of cutting funding at the university for agricultural research projects. They even interfered with our Social Security Administration on enrolling babies in Social Security, saying people would have to bring the baby into the office that was rarely even personed, didn't always have someone there, instead of just doing it in the normal process. I mean, it's outrageous what this..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the fiscal outlook, 2027-2036.
senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth Subcommittee · Mar 11, 2026 · Transcript
SMITH, TINA "security. And I appreciated Senator Cassidy's questions about sort of what our obligations are around social security and the impacts of not, you know, not making sure that social security, um, is strong. But,"
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Supreme Court of the United States.
senate Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
HAGERTY, BILL "It's not hyperbole to say that attacks of this nature can be a matter of life and death. Sealed court documents can include information about confidential informants and classified national security information, not to mention social security numbers, sensitive medical records, and trade secrets that would be essential to our economic dominance. The risk of insecure and unreliable electronic court records is not a risk that we can"
Hearing “State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnership, and the Resilience of America’s Communities”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_05 "Each of these episodes meant real people were unable to renew a driver's license, to obtain a birth certificate, or otherwise to engage with local services on which they depend. Cyber intrusions can also mean that people's most sensitive information, social security numbers, financial data, medical information, information about their children, is exposed to criminal actors and foreign adversaries, leading to risks such as identity theft, financial fraud, harassment, and takeover of email and social media accounts. Just recently, for example, as Cheryl mentioned, the breach of the Canvas..."
Hearing A New Beginning for Colombia
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
CASTRO, JOAQUIN "But before we turn to Colombia's new administration, I want to note a loss that touches the same relationship between our two countries. This week, a 26-year-old Colombian father, Juan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Maine while driving to work. He was authorized to work in the United States and held a valid Social Security number, according to his family. His three-year-old daughter was nearby when he was shot"
Hearing Member Day to examine S.297, to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Legislative hearing on six bills: • H.R. 34 (Rep. Gosar), “Land and Social Security Optimization Act” or the “LASSO Act” • H.R. 1329 (Rep....
house Federal Lands Subcommittee · Feb 10, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Arjun Mody, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Commissioner Social Security, Jeffrey Goettman, of...
senate Finance Committee · Nov 19, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Arjun Mody, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Commissioner Social Security for the term expiring January 19,...
senate Finance Committee · Oct 29, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing POSTPONED: Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Untapped Talent in America: Removing Barriers to Work and Supporting...
house Social Security Subcommittee · Jul 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social Security Administration.
senate Finance Committee · Apr 2, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing “The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Legacy”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Martin O'Malley, Social Security Administration
Testimony HAGERTY, BILL
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"It's not hyperbole to say that attacks of this nature can be a matter of life and death. Sealed court documents can include information about confidential informants and classified national security information, not to mention social security numbers, sensitive medical records, and trade secrets that would be essential to our economic dominance. The risk of insecure and unreliable electronic court records is not a risk that we can"
Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine seniors and the workforce.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"driven by the skyrocketing cost of healthcare, housing, groceries, and utilities. And when these individuals decide to reenter the workforce, they can face real barriers like age discrimination, the need to develop new skills, and other challenges that make it harder for older adults to live financially secure, independent lives. These individuals, like all Americans, deserve seamless access to the Social Security Administration, but my constituents are telling me otherwise. They report long..."
Testimony DAVIS, DANNY K.
Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"SSA's work is vital to all Americans. Those receiving benefits, those earning security for the future, and those whose loved ones live with dignity because of Social Security or supplemental security income. Those benefits are even more critical and more crucial now, with inflation at its highest level since we recovered from the"
Testimony MOORE, GWEN
Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive O...
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Okay Thank you I'm pointing out to the committee here that the Treasury Department is attempting to issue guidance that would disqualify non-citizens, even those who are legally in the country, with social security numbers, from receiving refundable tax credits, even though they, you know, they're working here, they have work permits and social security numbers, and they're not illegal aliens. They have, they're people with temporary protected statuses, DACA recipients,"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnershi...
house Homeland Security Committee · May 21, 2026
"Each of these episodes meant real people were unable to renew a driver's license, to obtain a birth certificate, or otherwise to engage with local services on which they depend. Cyber intrusions can also mean that people's most sensitive information, social security numbers, financial data, medical information, information about their children, is exposed to criminal actors and foreign adversaries, leading to risks such as identity theft, financial fraud, harassment, and takeover of email and..."
Testimony SPEAKER_12
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Second, the Office participates, along with the Council of Economic Advisors and the Office of Management and Budget, in the preparation of the Administration's budget. Third, the Office supports the Treasury Secretary in the roles as Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees. Finally, the Office conducts research to assist in the formulation and articulation of micro and macroeconomic public policies and positions of the Treasury"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Look, going into default is devastating for people. One potential consequence, under federal law, Treasury can take away hundreds of dollars per month from Social Security benefits that seniors worked for decades to earn. Over the years, the government has used this power, it's called offsets, to cut over a billion dollars from American Social Security benefits, and according to the latest data, seniors with student loans are about twice as likely to be in default than younger borrowers. Over..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I'm just looking for the half a million people who are seniors. Just a commitment that they can count on getting that Social Security payment month after month after month without Donald Trump taking a big bite out of it. And I can't even get that out of this nominee. I'll be a no on"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to...
senate Finance Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Well, thank you so much for the question, Senator. I don't think we've seen it yet. We've seen a lot of benefits. We've seen over 63 million Americans take advantage of the President's four new additions, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, tax on car loan interest, and no tax on Social Security. But we have seen a lot of benefits on the economic"
Testimony MURRAY, PATTY
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"about native-born workers. It is so apparent this department is posting this kind of garbage as a wink and nod to extremists and to get a rise out of everyone else who is paying attention, but you need to hear it from somebody. This kind of language and imagery is a disgrace. Mr. Sonderling, Frances Perkins, the woman who we can thank for the minimum wage, for the 40-hour work week, for social security, she built this department to stop employers with records like yours. So I'll close with..."
Testimony SPEAKER_18
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Stolen by crime, stolen by foreign actors. Social Security numbers were being stolen. Millions of dollars were going out to people in jail, to dead"
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"once the money has gone out the door, it's hard to get back. This remains a very important issue and this subcommittee to both the young ranking member and myself in this subcommittee is very important. But one critical element missing from our many conversations is what sort of fraud are we trying to prevent? How does it really work? What really are we doing about it? And where do we need to focus our attention to make sure that we are going to address this properly? In our past discussions,..."
Testimony MFUME, KWEISI
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"So we're here today to talk about fraud, particularly emerging threats and solutions related to digital identity verification. Social security numbers and paper cards made sense 90 years ago, long before the current age of computers and digital technology. Programs have matured, scammers have adopted them and found a way to get around them, and so the government must also, I think, adapt its service delivery and technology to prevent fraud and to better serve the American"
Testimony MFUME, KWEISI
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Anytime the government can revoke access to services, even for benevolent purposes, we must find a way to protect against abuse. The Trump administration's DOGE program, the Department of Government Efficiency, which many of us thought was the Department of Government Evil, used a key Social Security Administration identity database to mark thousands of living people as dead in order to exert financial hardship. A whistleblower recently said that he planned to expand this to millions of people...."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Our federal identity model, however, has not, and yet many in the government believe it will hold up to today or even tomorrow's fraud threat. For decades, the government has treated matching a name, date of birth, and social security number validated against government authoritative records as proof of identity. That approach is no longer"
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"We're not as tight on this. The second one is, is there a limitation on someone if they are presently on Social Security, they've taken out a loan, SBA, something where they're in the government system, and we find some instances where there might be questions that arise, and I know once again, you're very careful, and I agree with that within the law, within the Bill of Rights, within the Constitution, within all the things that we could"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"about in terms of not having access to the technology or the technological literacy to use it. There was one study that found that a very large proportion of people over 65, you know, weren't able to install an app on a cell, on a smartphone. There could be situations where people's IDs are abusively revoked. You know, we've seen, there has been mentioned that the Trump administration put some people in the Social Security dead file. We also saw in California, a Democratic candidate for..."
Testimony RANDALL, EMILY
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Yeah. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to ask unanimous consent to submit these following articles to the Doge put critical Social Security data at risk from the New York Times, from NPR, the Trump administration admits even more ways Doge accessed sensitive personal data, Washington Post, Washington Post, and Wired, similar subject matter. And just in my remaining time, I'd like to say what these articles say, that President Trump took one of the Doge bros who oversaw the looting of the federal..."
Testimony SESSIONS, PETE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"You said to me, whenever we last spoke this morning, you do believe human interaction, and I brought up my circumstance of talking to Social Security, how they vetted me, how they talked to me about things that I would know about myself that I would probably not a lot of people would understand. Is this the kind of fair game that would be used to vet people on a regular basis, and how can we cross get this type of information to where if you're at SBA, you may or may not have that available to..."
Testimony CASTRO, JOAQUIN
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"But before we turn to Colombia's new administration, I want to note a loss that touches the same relationship between our two countries. This week, a 26-year-old Colombian father, Juan Sebastian Duran Guerrero, was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Maine while driving to work. He was authorized to work in the United States and held a valid Social Security number, according to his family. His three-year-old daughter was nearby when he was shot"
Committee Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee
senate Finance Committee