Im actively working with the chairman and our colleagues on this committee to reintroduce legislation from the last session to tackle the problem of improper payments to dead people. Unfortunately we have more work ahead. Last week the Social Security Inspector General released a report stating that 6. 5 Million People have active Social Security numbers who based on the Social Security own records would be more than 112 years old. I think maybe in our country weve had just a handful of people actually live that long. Now were told it could be 6. 5 million. Im not sure where they are, but they are out there. Maybe not. In fact in 2000 the records reviewed by the Inspector General showed living individuals with active social securities born before the civil war and only 35 people worldwide are 112 and old. And were here about the Social Security administration about Accurate Information about who is alive or dead and however that what should be an extremely concerning to us is that an i
Muchneeded reforms for this program that last year supported almost 11 million americans with 137 billion of american taxpayer money. I have closed with one remark. If you work somewhere in the federal government today, i would hope if youre seeing fraud, if youre seeing manipulation, if youre seeing things that are not right, that you will follow the lead of these four courageous women in bringing it to the attention of senator levins subcommittee, permanent subcommittee on investigations or my office. With that, senator carper, i thank you. Thank you so much. Im going to go out of order to ask senator levin who chairs the subcommittee under which this investigation has taken place and ask him just to make a statement. I will make a short statement after that. Then well turn to our witnesses. Senator levin . Thank you very much, senator carper and first let me commend senator coburn for his leadership and his and his staffs hard work in uncovering the abuses that are the subject of to
Host any thoughts . Guest i say this is easily resolved. I think the one thing to be careful of is the difference between sort of partisan decisions and ones that come from different judicial philosophies or ideologies, when you think partisan, you think im going to vote as any republican or democrat would do. I believe that there are a lot of cases at the Supreme Court and we can point to numerous examples that do not follow that traditional breakdown between party lines. And i think a good sample would be coming this term about recess appointments. Here is an issue that will affect whoever the sitting president has come at a sitting president is not currently a democrat. But of course in a future election and maybe the republicans that win an election, therefore the decision that they announce it in the court will be a rule about the perspective power to make these recess appointments regardless of the party of the presidency. What you will see in that decision is the core grappling
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You could just see the massive amount of numbers. After this investigation started, management was still pulling. Management was still pulling these cases out of the request states. At one point before, once they help them meet their monthly go, these decisions. They were waiting for them to come in the mail. They would bank fees for their own numerical purpose and hold them before sending them out the next month. There would be 50 cases all set favorable, on the record. Himould allow them to put where this is with the judge for writing. They had been written two weeks ago. All favorable sitting there for the next month. These are the individuals. That was a great overview. Thank you. People work inny the Social Security office in huntington . At one time i think we had about 60. At that office, maybe in the law office, other people had to know something was going on. Absolutely. Before of you have actually and areup shown courage here today. It sounds like you have been through a very