And that is how they bid for this and said they wanted to do it on that basis, not charge the government.

I totally understand this, because that is the best possible check, is if the individual receives a letter, a phone call, some notification, and says, wait a minute and raises a hand immediately that there is a problem here.

That is right.

One-third of the seniors in a State, in this particular case Florida, are entirely dependent for 100 percent of their income on that Social Security payment.

My suggestion, when I said the letter, that it does not have the Social Security number.

the failure to recognize that the money is now moving to another account can lead not only to loss of benefits, but the kinds of problems that Ms. Lane talked about for how long it takes to correct the problem?

It is our responsibility to oversee what it is that you do and it is your responsibility to carry out the law in a way that is accessible to those who need it.

Secretary Gregg, you are not going to get any push-back from me that the electronic system works better for the government and works better for almost all recipients.

We do not want you to consider helping these people with a waiver. We want you to do it.

I am sorry. Do you have some information about how much money they have made off this card?

So, can I just stop you there for just a second, Ms. Vallas.