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Jasmine Crockett: “When you start to shut down Social Security offices, when…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett Discusses Republican Spending Bill and Potential Oversight Role

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

And I said no. But I did explain to them that they are trying to choke off resources in a lot of different ways. So while it may not be on the balance sheet, When you start to shut down Social Security offices, when you start to get rid of the personnel, you end up in this bottleneck where People cannot access the resources that they need. And so this is a better way of saying, oh, this is just inefficient government. Instead of saying that we directly targeted Social Security, it's some more indirect targeting that they are doing on things such as Social Security as well as Veterans Affairs. (02:14–02:25)

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Asserts that reducing Social Security offices and personnel creates access issues.

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