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John Hickenlooper: “They've laid off in Social Security, it's hard to. How are…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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They're talking about Social Security, you know, all these firings and really eviscerating how government's going to work. I mean, when you lay off the kind of people they've laid, They've laid off in Social Security, it's hard to. How are they going to get the checks out? How are they going to, if they don't have any staff, how are they going to fight the genuine fraud, use fraud and abuse? Anyway, I think that's all those things come together. (51:36–51:41)

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Asserts that layoffs in Social Security make it difficult to distribute checks.

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