During Tuesday’s White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about the Biden Administration's Social Security Administration management.
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00:00Monica.
00:01Thank you so much, Caroline.
00:02Elon Musk this week revealed that Doge found that the Biden administration issued over
00:07two million Social Security numbers to illegal aliens, found 20 million dead people marked
00:13as a lot in the Social Security system.
00:15Has the White House confirmed these numbers with Elon, and is the White House looking
00:18into correcting this?
00:20I'm not sure about those specific numbers that Mr. Musk cited.
00:23I can tell you what the Social Security Administration has said themselves, according to an inspector's
00:28general's report that was conducted last year, showing there was nearly $80 billion
00:33worth of fraud in this program.
00:35We know for a fact there are individuals who should not be receiving benefits on the Social
00:40Security rolls, and this administration is focused on cleaning out the waste, fraud,
00:44and abuse in every agency, but particularly in Social Security, to make it stronger for
00:49our tax-paying, law-abiding citizens who deserve these entitlements and programs.
00:53Because you did bring up Doge, I do want to tout the incredible efforts that have been
00:57made at the Environmental Protection Agency, and Administrator Lee Zeldin is just doing
01:02a tremendous job.
01:04Just yesterday and today, it will be going into effect.
01:06He announced that taxpayers will be saved $8 million in annual lease costs by moving
01:12staff out of the 323,000 square feet of space that the EPA currently occupies, which is
01:19completely unnecessary.
01:21Yesterday, Administrator Zeldin also announced he will be shutting down a museum that the
01:26Biden administration built to tell a selective story about the EPA's history and climate
01:32change.
01:33It was a real pat on the back to President Biden.
01:36And guess how much American taxpayers paid for it?
01:39$4 million for this museum that I think only 1,000 visitors saw last year alone.
01:44And it would cost American taxpayers $600,000 per year to operate this museum.
01:50Well, it's not going to exist anymore.
01:52We're going to save taxpayers those critical funds, and Administrator Zeldin is very proud
01:58to announce that.
01:59And just at EPA alone, and the cuts that they have made, they've saved taxpayers more than
02:05$22 billion in wasteful grants and spending.
02:09Peter.