Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisigno returned the earlier remarks on Friday, which was one of the eligibility reforms being considered by the Trump administration.
In an interview with Fox Business, host Maria Bartiromo asked Bisigno if he would consider increasing age for full federal retirement benefits, which is currently at 67.
“I think everything is believed and believed,” he said.
Bisignano mentioned that any change recommended by social security trustees – a group in which Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior also includes – will require Congress’s approval.
He said, “The White House, which is committed to saving and preserving completely, and then the Congress, is the place where the real work will be. And it will take some time, we have a lot of time,” he told Bartiromo.
Social security administration returned its comments Noon On X.
“I must be clear: President Trump and I will always protect, and will never cut, social security. That is why we have made many significant reforms, such as waste, fraud and abuse from the program, to ensure the solvency of social security for the future generations of Americans,” Bisigno’s statement said.
“Increasing the age of retirement is not under consideration,” said this.
It is estimated that social security cofers will start coming out of money By 2034 The pressure for MPs to take action to prevent bankruptcy has increased.
“We have no intention of breaking a system that can be improved,” Bisignano said during the May 1 interview with Fox News’s Bartiromo.Sunday morning futures,
He said, “That team will together with the Senate and the Congress to ensure that it is here for the next 90 years, at least,” he said referring to the trustees.
A bilateral group of senators has proposed a setting on one side $ 1.5 trillion For an investment fund to ensure the flow of future benefits, while others have suggested to increase age for retirement as a way of cuts.
Former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Mali, appointed by the then President Biden, Warned against Such proposals before they exit.
,[Americans] Want to strengthen their government [Social Security] And not to cut it, to cut it, contract it or come to its customer service, “O’Mali said in March 2024 to a household methods and instruments committee.
“For those who advocate for those who will advocate age, I think we have to be conscious of those who work hard throughout their lives, and soon die,” he said.
While on the campaign mark, President Trump caught for Flack Suggesting a potential deduction For social security during the March 2024 interview.
Trump told CNBC that “a lot you can do in terms of entitlement, in terms of cutting.”
