Warren Statement on New SSA Phone Policy Walkback

Washington, D.C. –Followingnew reportingrevealing that the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed its policy of holding benefit claims made over the phone for days to check for “fraud” — which was causing a "degradation of public service” — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:
“Wesounded the alarmon Elon Musk and DOGE’s fake fraud claims — and now, the Social Security Administration is changing its policy that’s slowing down retirement claim processing based on a bunch of lies. That’s a win, and we’ll keep up the pressure to fight back against Trump and Musk’s attack on Americans’ Social Security benefits.”
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