Washington, D.C.–U.S. Senate Finance
Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and U.S. House Ways and Means
Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) issued the following statement on
President Biden’s decision to fire Social Security Administration Commissioner
Andrew Saul:
“Social
Security beneficiaries stand the most to lose from President Biden’s partisan
decision to remove Commissioner Andrew Saul from leadership of the Social
Security Administration.
“It
is disappointing that the Administration is injecting politics into the agency,
given that Commissioner Saul was confirmed with bipartisan approval, worked
closely with both parties in Congress, and provided smooth benefit and service
delivery during the largest management challenge ever faced by the agency.
“We
are concerned that this politicization of the Social Security Administration is
just the beginning of efforts to raise payroll taxes and seriously undermines
bipartisan efforts to save Social Security for future retirees.”
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