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Frank Bisignanocfgrupopg, President Trump’s pick to the lead the Social Security Administration, faced tough questioning from Senate Democrats on Tuesday, with lawmakers asking whether he would ignore calls from Elon Musk and others in the administration to make changes that could destabilize a critical program for retirees.

In a roughly three-hour confirmation hearing, Mr. Bisignano, most recently at the helm of payments giant Fiserv, was grilled about his commitment to improving Social Security’s customer service and asked to commit to not privatize the program or cut benefits, which would require acts of Congress.

“I’ve never thought about privatizing,” Mr. Bisignano told Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, one of many Democrats who expressed concerns. “It’s not a word that anybody has ever talked to me about, and I don’t see this institution as anything other than a government agency that gets run for the benefit of the American public.”

He assured lawmakers that he would be in charge of the agency,66br casino and said he “will look at every item you want me to look at.”

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“To me, the job is to analyze everything we do. I know there are a lot of stats out there. I am not in the department, but I have looked at the data it produces and I think there is a land of opportunity,” he added, in another exchange.

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee embraced Mr. Bisignano, calling out his experience operating payments processing companies, which they said would be ideal preparation for running the Social Security Administration. Mr. Bisignano portrayed himself as an “efficiency” expert and stressed that his experience eliminating fraud through technological solutions would be helpful in running the agency.

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