Senators press Trump Social Security nominee on his views about privatizing the agency

Two Democratic senators — Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon — sent a letter Monday to Frank Bisignano, the nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, to ask whether he supports privatizing the agency and if he would be willing to undo recent changes.

Bisignano, who is the chief executive officer of payments technology company Fiserv , has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as commissioner of the SSA.

Bisignano’s Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.

The hearing comes as current temporary leadership of the agency last week made headlines for threatening to shut down the SSA following a temporary restraining order that barred the so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Americans' personal data.

In the letter to Bisignano, Warren and Wyden said ongoing efforts by the Trump administration, in cooperation with DOGE, may result in changes that will “hollow out” the agency and “deprive Americans of Social Security benefits they earned and need.”

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