Orrin Hatch: “I plan on supporting you. I plan on supporting you with respect.”

Having a confirmed Commissioner, and sustained leadership, will benefit the Social Security Administration.

The Finance Committee has worked with the Treasury Department to ensure proper responsiveness to committee inquiries. We are continuing to review these matters to determine what further oversight is required.

Those backlogs at the Social Security Administration are unacceptable to many, if not most, of us here in the Senate.

I stand by everything I said during my questioning of Mr. Saul, including concerns about budget summary data.