[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H893-H894]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. SUBRAMANYAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, there is new reporting that the Social 
Security Administration has been told to cut its workforce in half.
  Unfortunately, I heard from a constituent who works there who was 
just put on a 30-day leave with no promise to keep their job.
  This agency helps keep 364,000 of Virginia's seniors out of poverty, 
supports over 181,000 disabled Virginians, and upholds the American 
promise that if you spend your life paying into a system, the next 
generation will have your back.
  This agency is already understaffed, only reaching 20 percent of 
their hiring goals.
  So why would DOGE do this?

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  They want to gut Social Security.
  My constituents sent me here to protect their benefits.
  It is clear to me that my colleagues across the aisle and this DOGE 
program will never stand up against this administration.
  The Democrats will.
  As the President and DOGE delay payments, disrupt services, and deny 
these hard-earned benefits, I will push back and protect Social 
Security.

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