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Michael Arcuri: “I understand you are making every effort to reverse the trend of underfunding the Social Security Administration to…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2007
I understand you are making every effort to reverse the trend of underfunding the Social Security Administration to ensure that the agency can keep up with the increasing work loads due to the retirement of the first crop of the baby boomers and on the increasing backlog and disability claims. I hope we will be able to work together as this bill moves forward to make certain that the SSA has adequate funding to keep the field offices open, especially in expansive rural districts like mine, the 27th in New York, and provide Social Security benefits that keep the elderly and those with disabilities out of poverty.
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Michael Arcuri
New York
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Addressing the need for adequate funding for the Social Security Administration.

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