Richard Shelby
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Richard Shelby is a former United States Senator from Alabama, serving from January 3, 1987, until January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Shelby was known for his work on various committees, including Appropriations and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as military funding, economic development, and infrastructure improvements in Alabama.
Has the Social Security Administration performed a cost-benefit analysis to examine the cost of hearing a case versus approving a case initially?
I've known cases where people who have filed for disability claims and have been denied... and then they die before the appeal process.
I want to--I'm not proposing we abolish Job Corps. I'm thinking, in trying to work with you and Senator Cochran and others, to improve it.
The unemployment rate is 8.8 percent. When you consider the underemployed and those who have stopped looking for work, the real unemployment rate is actually much higher, at 16.2 percent.
A lot of this could be prevented if you had all the information at the initial hearing, where you'd save money, but it'd also bring justice if somebody was really disabled.
I am disappointed that the administration has not significantly reduced healthcare spending.
Absolutely. What recommendations, specifically, would you make to the Social Security Administration to attain its goal of improving service to the public?
Social Security is now at the tipping point, the first step of a long, slow march to insolvency if we don't do something about it.
Simply put, there is no way to control our debt without getting serious about entitlement reform.





