WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, at a Senate Budget Committee hearing (https://www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/social-security-a-discussion-on-the-facts-and-the-path-forward) on Social Security, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, slammed the Trump administration's cuts to the Social Security Administration (SSA) workforce and emphasized how it is making it harder for seniors to get the help they need to access their Social Security benefits. Senator Murray questioned witnesses on the very wealthiest Americans paying their fair share into Social Security and how to address SSA solvency-noting that tens of millions of hard-working Americans r...