[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SOCIAL SECURITY MAIL ACT

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Social Security has made no 
bones about how important it is for Americans to safeguard their Social 
Security numbers. Beneficiaries are warned time and again to protect 
their cards in order to avoid identity theft.
  But commonsense safety measures should also be taken by Social 
Security. Unfortunately, the inspector general's recent report found 
that this agency is failing Americans in a very dangerous way. How so?
  The Social Security Administration is including your Social Security 
number on the documents it mails. That means any lost or stolen letter 
from Social Security endangers the security of a beneficiary's 
identity.
  This bad practice needs to stop now, and as the chairman of the 
Subcommittee on Social Security, I am working to fix it. In fact, this 
week I will introduce the Social Security MAIL Act. It is a commonsense 
solution to a problem that shouldn't exist. Let's get it done.

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