Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Dangerous Nomination Of Frank Bisignano To Lead The Social Security Administration

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor, warning Senate Republicans of the dangers of voting to confirm “Mr. Slash-and-Burn” Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration ahead of tomorrow’s vote. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

We all know SSA, the Social Security Administration, is in a state of chaos. But instead of advancing someone who will bring order and stability to Social Security, Senate Republicans are backing a slash-and-burn billionaire CEO who will only pour gasoline into the DOGE fires.

Ms. Bisignano has zero experience in government or with Social Security. But he has plenty of experience in cutting jobs and downsizing. He says of himself “I am fundamentally a DOGE person.”  That's who they want. Mr. President, Republicans, you want someone who is a DOGE person in charge of Social Security? My goodness.

I can’t think of a worse agency for Mr. Slash-and-Burn Bisignano to lead than the Social Security Administration. That’s his nickname, Slash-and-Burn.

Every single Senate Republican who votes yes on Mr. Bisignano is voting yes to put Social Security benefits in jeopardy.

Voting yes on Mr. Bisignano means voting yes on continuing the wave of office closures and mass layoffs. What they're doing in Social Security, DOGE and the Trump people, is trying to strangle it, close offices, meaning longer wait times, phone lines disrupted, e-mails disrupted.

It means voting yes on making Social Security so unworkable that the stage is set to push for its privatization.

Mr. Bisignano’s nomination is another reminder that Donald Trump’s chaos is made possible thanks to the complicity of Senate Republicans. They could stop the attacks by DOGE if they wanted. They could halt terrible nominees if they wanted. But every time Senate Republicans have a chance to side with the American people, they instead side with Donald Trump, and they’re doing it again with Mr. Bisignano’s nomination.

The Senate should reject the nomination of Mr. Slash-and-burn Bisignano, or else the chaos we’ve seen from DOGE will only get worse.

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