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




                          SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, there were reports last night that the 
Social Security Administration may reduce their staff by more than 50 
percent. This will affect whether seniors receive all the benefits that 
they are entitled to.
  Mr. Speaker, as you know, 10,000 baby boomers every day become 
eligible for Social Security. How could they possibly keep up with that 
demand with a 50 percent reduction in staff?
  In my district, we have been told that the Social Security 
Administration is closing the White Plains hearing office. That will 
mean that people in Westchester and the greater Hudson Valley will have 
to drive longer distances at greater expense to fight for their 
benefits, and this is happening nationwide.
  This all comes in the same week as House Republicans passed their 
budget plan that would cut Medicaid by $880 billion.
  We were told this President would lower costs. Nothing I just 
mentioned lowers costs, and it actually throws people's livelihoods 
into chaos.
  I am committed to making Westchester and Bronx lives less expensive.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge this body to reverse course and do the same.

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