During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano.
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00:00As Republicans press forward this week, axing Medicaid and other popular programs,
00:05today, Senate Republicans will turn their attention to attacking Social Security
00:09in the name of voting on Frank Bisignano to lead the SSA.
00:16It is literally putting the fox in the henhouse.
00:21If confirmed, Mr. Bisignano would be one of the greatest threats to Social Security
00:26in its 90-year history, one of the greatest threats we have ever had.
00:32He will accelerate the closures, the rollbacks, and risky practices that Doge has already set in motion,
00:39and the anxiety Americans feel about their benefits will only get worse.
00:44I am proud that every single Democrat will vote no on Mr. Slash-and-Burn Bisignano.
00:50The last person we need overseeing senior benefits is a Doge fanatic.
00:55He says he's a proud Doge guy whose claim to fame was overseeing mass layoffs in the private sector.
01:02Yes, that's his claim to fame.
01:06During his testimony, Mr. Bisignano lied to senators about his ties to Doge
01:10and about his role in executing cutbacks at the SSA, at the Social Security Administration.
01:16If he lied about that, what's stopping him from lying about cutting benefits down the line?
01:21Donald Trump and Republicans can't say directly that they want to kill Social Security outright.
01:27So instead, they're choosing another method of killing it.
01:30Strangulation.
01:32Office closures.
01:33Delays.
01:34Mass layoffs.
01:35Trouble over the phone.
01:36Trouble over the email.
01:38Every single Republican senator who votes yes on Bisignano
01:42will be complicit in strangling Social Security, plain and simple.
01:47If Mr. Bisignano is confirmed, Republicans will own all of the chaos he creates.
01:53Because, again, he is letting in the Slash-and-Burn Fox into the Social Security henhouse.
02:02A yes for Mr. Bisignano is a vote for delayed benefits,
02:06for longer wait times over the phone, even more layoffs and office closures.
02:10So today, Senate Republicans will have to make a choice.
02:14Vote no on Bisignano and protect the millions of Americans who rely on Social Security,
02:20or vote yes on Mr. Bisignano,
02:22and side with Donald Trump and Elon Musk and Doge as they tear Social Security apart.