Thompson Hosts Social Security Town Hall as 8,000 SSA Workers Have Left Since Trump Took Office
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Updated · mikethompson.house.gov · Aug 13
Thompson Hosts Social Security Town Hall as 8,000 SSA Workers Have Left Since Trump Took Office
2 articles · Updated · mikethompson.house.gov · Aug 13
Summary
Woodland’s town hall brought Rep. Mike Thompson, former SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley and advocate Max Richtman together to field constituent questions on proposed Social Security changes days before the program’s 91st anniversary.
8,000 Social Security workers have been fired or retired since Trump’s inauguration, Thompson’s office said, pushing the agency to its lowest staffing level since 1967 and making benefits harder to access.
Thompson used the event to sharpen his opposition to administration cuts, citing his work on bills and a Resolution of Inquiry seeking answers on proposed mass layoffs and field-office closures.
$3.66 billion in annual Social Security payments flow to California’s 4th District, Thompson’s office said, framing the fight as both a retirement-security issue and a local economic one.