It would still have 1,000 net losses in overall staff at SSA, but not as bad as the 3,400 that I would say would be--I do not want to call it catastrophic. It would be devastating if the House mark were to go through.
Discussing the impact of proposed staffing cuts on the Social Security Administration.
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the agency would serve 7 million more beneficiaries with 7,000 fewer full-time staff than in FY 2015.
As the workloads go up, the demoralization becomes deeper, and people burn out and leave.
I certainly can’t tell anybody who to vote for, but I can tell you that the proposals that are coming from Donald Trump would quickly deplete Social Security, and we wouldn’t be able to pass it on to our kids as our grandparents passed it…
It is not what we promised our families, and I am really glad that we have the opportunity today to talk about what is required to deliver this promise to our constituents.