Political Quotes

“Madam President, finally, on Mr. Bisignano to be head of the beleaguered Social Security Administration, we all know that SSA-- the Social Security Administration--is in a state of chaos, but instead of advancing someone who will bring order and stability to Social Security, Senate Republicans are backing a slash-and-burn, billionaire CEO who will only pour gasoline into the DOGE fires. Mr. Bisignano has zero experience in government or with Social Security, but he has plenty of experience in cutting jobs and downsizing. He says of himself: I am fundamentally a DOGE person. That is who they want. Madam President, American people, Republicans, you want someone who is a DOGE person in charge of Social Security? My goodness. I can't think of a worse Agency for Mr. ``Slash-and-Burn'' Bisignano to lead than the Social Security Administration. That is his nickname, ``Slash- and-Burn.'' Every single Senate Republican who votes yes on Mr. Bisignano is voting yes to put Social Security benefits in jeopardy. Voting yes on Bisignano means voting yes on continuing the wave of office closings and mass layoffs. What they are doing at Social Security--DOGE and the Trump people--they are afraid to say they want to kill it, so they try to strangle it--closed offices, longer wait times, phone lines disrupted, emails disrupted. Mr. Bisignano's nomination is another reminder that Donald Trump's chaos is made possible thanks to the complicity of Senate Republicans.…”