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On the recordApril 4, 2025
I call up my amendment No. 2180 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Hawaii [Ms. Hirono] proposes an amendment numbered 2180 to amendment No. 1717. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prevent DOGE from closing Social Security offices, preserving access to benefits for seniors and people with disabilities) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESERVING ACCESS TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to preserving Social Security benefits, which may include prohibiting the closure of regional and field offices by the Social Security Administration or reduction of Social Security Administration regional or field office personnel, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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