House GOP members warn new Social Security head against further cuts to staff, service
Source: USA Today
May 6, 2025, 6:31 p.m. ET
A group of House Republicans are warning new Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano against making more staffing cuts or shutting local offices at an agency that is seeing increasing customer service wait times.
The plea to hold off on further agency cuts that could "further deteriorate customer service that has been subpar in recent years" came in a letter from 15 House Republicans shortly after the Senate confirmed Bisignano on May 6. The Social Security Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Social Security has already been a target of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's attempts to downsize the federal government, a move that has many seniors on edge. The agency's acting director Leland Dudek has announced plans to cut 7,000 of its 57,000 staff members, although personnel is already at a record low and the number of eligible recipients at an all-time high. An estimated 3,000 had taken buyouts as of March.
The administration is also pushing to provide DOGE with access to the Social Security Administration data of millions of Americans. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on May 2 to let DOGE use the data after a federal judge in Maryland blocked Musk's team from accessing it. That court ruling found Trump officials likely violated privacy laws by giving Musk's aides “unbridled access” to personal information.
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