Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Threat Posed By Frank Bisignano To Lead The Social Security Administration

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor condemning Republican efforts to undermine Social Security ahead of today's confirmation vote for Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Administration, warning that his confirmation would be a direct threat to the future of the program. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

As Republicans press forward this week axing Medicaid and other popular programs, today, Senate Republicans will turn their attention to attacking Social Security, by voting on Frank Bisignano to lead the SSA. It is literally putting the fox in the henhouse.

If confirmed, Mr. Bisignano would be one of the greatest threats to Social Security in its 90-year history. One of the greatest threats that we have ever had.

He will accelerate the closures, rollbacks, and risky practices that DOGE has already set in motion. And the anxiety Americans feel about their benefits will only get worse.

I am proud that every single Senate Democrat will vote no on Mr. Slash-and-Burn Bisignano. The last person we need overseeing seniors’ benefits is a DOGE fanatic. He says he is a proud DOGE guy, whose claim to fame was overseeing mass layoffs in the private sector. Yes, that's his claim to fame.

During his testimony, Mr. Bisignano lied to Senators about his ties to DOGE and about his role in executing the cutbacks at the SSA. If he lied about that, what’s stopping him from lying about cutting benefits down the line?

Donald Trump and Republicans can’t say directly that they want to kill Social Security outright, so instead they’re choosing another method of killing it: strangulation. Office closures, delays, mass layoffs, trouble over the phone, trouble over email.

Every single Senate Republican who votes yes on Mr. Bisignano will be complicit in strangling the Social Security. Plain and simple. If Mr. Bisignano is confirmed, Republicans will own all of the chaos he creates, because, again, he is letting in the slash-and-burn fox into the Social Security henhouse.

A yes for Mr. Bisignano is a vote for delayed benefits, for longer wait times over the phone, and even more layoffs and office closures.

So, today, Senate Republicans will have to make a choice: vote no on Mr. Bisignano and protect the millions of Americans who rely on Social Security. Or vote yes on Mr. Bisignano and side with Donald Trump and Elon Musk as they tear Social Security apart.

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