00:00Thank you, thank you, thank you.
00:06We need to work, and school, and their communities.
00:10And Social Security is more than a government program.
00:13It's a sacred promise.
00:16We made this in a sacred promise.
00:19Seventy-three million Americans receive Social Security.
00:23From their first paycheck for their entire life,
00:26they pay into Social Security.
00:29In return, they count on Social Security to be for them
00:32when they're going to need it.
00:35Folks must never, ever betray that trust
00:38or turn our backs on an obligation.
00:41Why are these guys taking aim in Social Security now?
00:44Well, they're certainly breaking things.
00:47They're shooting first and aiming later.
00:50As a result,
00:52the result is a lot of needless pain and sleepless nights.
00:56Fewer than 100 days.
00:59This new administration has made so much,
01:03done so much damage and so much destruction.
01:06It's kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon.
01:09They've taken a hatch into the Social Security Administration,
01:13pushing an additional 7,000 employees.
01:177,000 out the door in that time,
01:20including the most seasoned career officials.
01:23Now they're getting ready to push thousands more out the door.
01:28Already we can see the effects.
01:30For example, thousands of people use the Social Security website
01:34every single day to check on their benefits and submit their claims.
01:38But now the Technology Division of Social Security Administration
01:44has been cut in half.
01:46And so the website's crashing.
01:49People can't sign onto their accounts.
01:52What do you think it does to that woman living alone,
01:57that 74-years check-in, just not able to even find out whether,
02:01she can't even find out what that disability claim is she has.
02:06She can't file a new disability claim.
02:10And a lot of these people are being told incorrectly
02:12because their benefits have ended.
02:18Folks, imagine the panic that causes.
02:22God bless you all and may God protect our troops.
02:25Thank you, I mean, thank you for what you do.
02:28We thank you for this wonderful award.
02:30Thank you, thank you.
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