Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Donald Trump And Elon Musk Working To Slash Social Security Benefits For Millions Of Americans

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to gut and slash Social Security, which would harm millions of Americans across the country. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Something terrible is happening that Democrats have long warned about: Americans’ Social Security benefits – one of the most sacred things people have, one of the most popular federal programs that has ever been created – are coming under attack.

Last Friday, Elon Musk, claimed that Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.

And now, the Trump Administration has announced massive cuts – more than seven thousand workers – to the Social Security Administration.

These cuts could affect workers who process checks, answer customer service calls, work in field offices across the country.

The cuts could very well delay Social Security benefits.

It means longer wait times on the phone to resolve issues. Everyone knows how frustrating it is, especially seniors who need their checks and they haven't gotten them and they want to get on the phone and find out what happens and then have to wait for hours.

It could mean local offices, like in my home state, close down.

It could mean more Americans get sicker, go hungry, get their checks far too late.

You don’t need to scratch your head and wonder what Donald Trump and DOGE are doing when they fire Social Security staffers and call Social Security a scam – they are getting ready to go after people’s benefits, plain and simple.

Let’s be clear: if Americans can’t get their checks in time because staffers have been fired, that is a cut in benefits.

If Americans can’t get an issue resolved over the phone because there’s nobody to take calls, that is a cut in benefits.

If field offices are closed, if troubleshooting is halted, if checks come late in the mail – that too is a cut in benefits.

The only scam going on here is the one where the president of the United States and the richest man in the world try and fleece Social Security from the American people, to help pay for tax cuts for their billionaire club. 

Democrats will not let that happen.

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