March 25, 2025

Retirees Shouldn’t Count on Frank Bisignano to Stop Musk’s Destruction of the Social Security Administration

Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding Frank Bisignano’s confirmation hearing today before the Senate Finance Committee.

“Retirees who tuned into Frank Bisignano’s confirmation hearing hoping to hear that he planned on halting the chaos and destruction of the Social Security Administration caused by Elon Musk’s DOGE team were left disappointed.

“Mr. Bisignano refused to contradict Musk’s claim that Social Security is a criminal Ponzi scheme or acknowledge that a person whose benefit claim takes 3 months longer to complete simply because of new DOGE-imposed changes had experienced a cut in the benefits they earned.

“Mr. Bisignano knows a lot about processing payments and came across as a big fan of artificial intelligence in call centers. Unfortunately, he said nothing to assure older Americans that he gets the unique challenges technology presents to Social Security beneficiaries, who are older and have less access to or familiarity with technology.

“We urge members of the Senate to reject his confirmation.”

The Alliance for Retired Americans is a national grassroots advocacy organization with 4.4 million members fighting for retirement security for all Americans. @activeretirees www.retiredamericans.org