Testimony Before the 109th Congress

July 26, 2006 - Statement of Commissioner Jo Anne B. Barnhart before the House Committee on Ways and Means on SSA issues relative to the President's proposed approach to immigration reform. (Hearing Information)

July 25, 2006 - Statement of Martin H. Gerry, Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs, before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, House Committee on Government Reform in response to: “Is the Federal Government doing all it can to stem the tide of Illegal Immigration?”.

June 19, 2006 - Statement by Martin H. Gerry, Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs, before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Immigration Enforcement at the Workplace: Learning from the Mistakes of 1986. (Hearing Information)

June 15, 2006 - Statement by Commissioner Jo Anne B. Barnhart, before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding the Social Security Administration's Improved Disability Determination Process. (Hearing Information)

June 8, 2006 - Statement by William E. Gray, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Systems, before the House Committee on Government Reform regarding government data security. (Hearing Information)

May 11, 2006 - Statement by Commissioner Jo Anne B. Barnhart, before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding the Social Security Administration's service delivery challenges. (Hearing Information)

May 3, 2006 - Statement by Beatrice Disman, Chairman of the Medicare Planning and Implementation Task Force, SSA, before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health regarding Social Security's efforts to implement the new Medicare prescription drug coverage low-income subsidy program. (Hearing Information)

April 5, 2006 - Statement for the Record by Martin H. Gerry, Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs, provided for the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources hearing on Use of Technology to Improve Public Benefit Programs . (Hearing Information)

March 30, 2006 - The Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing to examine the role of SSNs in identity theft and options to enhance SSN privacy. There was no SSA witness. The hearing was part of a series held before the Subcommittee regarding Social Security Number High-Risk Issues. (Fifth in a series.) (Hearing Information)

March 16, 2006 - Testimony of Frederick G. Streckewald, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Program Policy, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs, before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security on Social Security Number High Risk Issues. (Fourth in a series.) (Hearing Information)

March 16, 2006 - Testimony of Thomas P. Hughes, Chief Information Officer of the Social Security Administration, before the Committee on Government Reform on Implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA). (Hearing Information)

March 14, 2006 - Testimony of Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, before the Senate Finance Committee on Administrative Challenges Facing SSA. (Hearing Information)

March 9, 2006 - Testimony of James B. Lockhart III, Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security on efforts SSA is undertaking to strengthen and maintain the integrity of the OASDI and SSI programs. (Hearing Information)

March 2, 2006 - Testimony of Martin Gerry, Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs, before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security on SSN high-risk issues. (Third in a series.) (Hearing Information)

February 16, 2006 - Testimony of James B. Lockhart III, Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, before the Joint Subcommittees on Social Security and Oversight, of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Strengthening Employer Wage Reporting. (Second in a series.) (Hearing Information)

February 2, 2006 - Statement of Linda S. McMahon, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on Medicare Drug Benefit Implementation. (Hearing Information)

November 1, 2005 - Testimony of Frederick G. Streckewald, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Program Policy, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs, before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security on the Management of SSA's enumeration process. (First in a series.) (Hearing Information)

September 27, 2005 - Testimony of Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, before the Joint Subcommittees on Social Security and on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means on the Commissioner of Social Security's Proposed Improvements to the Disability Determination Process. (Hearing Information)

June 23, 2005 - Testimony by James B. Lockhart III, Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Hearing before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security on Protecting and Strengthening Social Security (Hearing Information)

June 9, 2005 - Testimony of Frederick Streckewald, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs (Policy), Hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee Social Security Subcommittee on Social Security coverage for State and Local government employees, as well as the Windfall Elimination Provision, and the Government Pension Offset. (Hearing Information)

May 24, 2005 - Testimony by Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration, before the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee on the future financial status of the Social Security program. (Hearing Information)

May 17, 2005 - Statement by Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security on protecting and strengthening the program. (Hearing Information)

February 16, 2005 - Statement by Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies on the FY 2006 Appropriation Requests for SSA.

February 3, 2005 - Testimony of Frederick Streckewald, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs (Policy), before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on Veteran's Survivor Benefits. (Committee Hearing Report)

February 2, 2005 - Testimony for the Senate Finance Committee by Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration, on the future financial status of the Social Security program. (Committee Hearing Report)