From Politico:
A group of House Republicans is sounding the alarm over recent staffing cuts and plans for more cut-backs across the Social Security Administration — a target of the Department of Government Efficiency’s rampage across the federal bureaucracy.
In a new letter to President Donald Trump’s newly-confirmed social security chief, Rep. Nicole Malliotokis of New York and 14 other House Republicans are pressing Frank Bisignano to hold off on any further agency cuts that could “further deteriorate customer service that has been subpar in recent years.” ...
Republicans who signed the letter to Bisignano include Reps. Jeff Hurd of Colorado, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, Gabe Evans of Colorado, David Valadao of California, Juan Ciscomani of Arizona, Jen Kiggans of Virginia, Mike Ezell of Mississippi, Mike Turner of Ohio, Zack Nunn of Iowa and Mike Lawler of New York. Three Pennsylvanians were also among the Republicans who added their names to the missive: Reps. Ryan Mackenzie, Brian Fitzpatrick and Rob Bresnahan.
Too late. Some may get wiped out in the midterms.
ReplyDeleteWhile it's great that some republicans finally acknowledge that its a bad idea to reduce workforce at SSA, it was Trump and not Bisignano who issued the executive order mandating the reductions in force. I'm sure Bisignano will march to Trump's tune, or he would not have been nominated. Why are the republican congressmen not writing to Trump?
ReplyDeleteIt doesn’t matter anymore. Nobody in this administration cares what Congress thinks and it’s too early in the election cycle for anyone in congress to really worry about this.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans will get a wake up call in 2026 during the midterms. Being irrelevant while the convicted felon dismantles agency after agency is not a winning strategy.
ReplyDeleteAnd it will be too late. The irreparable damage has been done! Last one out of SSA please shut off the lights. You know, waste fraud and abuse
DeleteThe congressional enablers are now worried about the exact things they’ve been enabling this whole time!? Color me shocked! It’s all crocodile tears from them.
ReplyDeleteProposed charges in government retirement benefits is going to result in max exodus as early as next month so he won't need to get rid of anyone.
ReplyDeleteChanges have been proposed since I first worked at SSA in the early 80s. High 5, etc. That's par for the course.
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