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John Larson: “Social Security has not been enhanced in over 50 years.”

Featuring: John Larson, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 1st Congressional District

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John Larson Criticizes Proposed Social Security Data Acquisition by Elon Musk and Budget Cuts by Trump

Published | Video Starts at 00:25

Every member of this 435 body is impacted by Social Security. It might surprise you, Mr. Speaker, that Social Security has not been enhanced in over 50 years. And with Mr. Trump's latest proposal and that of Elon Musk, to acquire all the data and information on the more than 70 million Social Security recipients in Medicare and Medicaid. (00:25–00:32)

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Asserts that Social Security benefits have not been increased in over 50 years.

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