Joint Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Frank Bisignano, on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2026

Chairmen Estes and LaHood, Ranking Members Larson and Davis, and Members of the Subcommittees, the Social Security Administration (SSA) faces numerous challenges fulfilling its mission administering programs and expects to issue over $1.5 trillion in benefits to more than 70 million individuals in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. This equates to about 1 in 5 U.S. residents who will receive a benefit from Social Security, providing financial support for older adults, people with disabilities, surviving spouses and children, and other eligible beneficiaries.

The SSA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is committed to addressing those challenges through independent oversight of SSA’s programs and operations. SSA OIG performs audits, evaluations, and investigations to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in SSA’s programs and operations and to provide recommendations for improvements.

SSA OIG works to ensure SSA administers its programs and operates economically, efficiently, and effectively. It is important for the Subcommittees to understand how President Donald J. Trump’s Budget for FY 2026 will provide the necessary resources for SSA OIG to execute its statutory role.

Date: June 25, 2025

OIG Official: Michelle L. Anderson

Committee/Subcommittee: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittees on Social Security and Work and Welfare

Link: https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/6.25.25-ssa-oig-written-testimony.pdf