Social Security reform debate takes center stage on Capitol HillA fierce debate over how to reform Social Security is playing out in the nation’s capital as the program’s long-term solvency is in question and amid new efforts to cut staff and restrict services from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The push to reform the program, which delivers a monthly check to some 70 million people, came as President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the agency will testify before the Senate on Tuesday.
Frank Bisignano, chief executive of financial technology company Fiserv, is expected to face questions over changes at the Social Security Administration and whether plans to cut costs will interfere with the agency’s ability to process and disburse benefit checks to more than 72 million people.
Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) sparked renewed debate over Social Security cuts over the weekend after he said Republicans are not being forthright with voters over Social Security.
“We’re not being honest when we look people in the eye and say we’re not going to touch it. If we don’t touch it, it touches itself,” Curtis said during an appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday.
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