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Xavier Becerra: “Now, Dr. Weaver and Mr. Williams, my biggest concern is that we keep cutting the budget of the Social Security…”

On the recordJune 18, 2013
Now, Dr. Weaver and Mr. Williams, my biggest concern is that we keep cutting the budget of the Social Security Administration at a time that we are talking about investing more to keep people at work to make sure that we intervene early and that we do everything we can to keep someone from tipping over, based on their disability, to the point where they can't work.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Becerra expresses concern over budget cuts to Social Security while emphasizing the need for early intervention.

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