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James Lankford: “Yet, the agency has been unable to hire sufficient numbers of approved ALJs to tackle the rising backlog of cases--a…”

On the recordMay 11, 2016
Yet, the agency has been unable to hire sufficient numbers of approved ALJs to tackle the rising backlog of cases--a backlog which topped 1 million last year and, may I say, in my own State of Oklahoma around 13,000.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the backlog of disability claims and hiring issues at the SSA.

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