Agroup of 16 Senate Democrats last week urged President Biden to nominate a permanent commissioner of the Social Security Administration, attributing persistent workforce issues at the agency in part to the lack of Senate-confirmed leadership.
The Social Security Administration has operating under Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi since Biden fired former Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black, both holdovers from the Trump administration, in July 2021. Those appointees’ ouster came after months of urging from lawmakers and federal employee unions, who accused them of dragging their feet on implementation of Biden-era initiatives aimed at rolling back the Trump administration’s anti-union policies.
