{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-blasts-ways-and-means-committee-republicans-continued-refusal", "Larson Blasts Ways and Means Committee Republicans for Continued Refusal to Act on \u2018DOGE\u2019 Data Meddling at Social Security", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "John B. Larson", "L000557", "larson.house.gov", "larson", "https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "In March, Ranking Member Larson introduced the Protecting Americans\u2019 Social Security Data Act to block political appointees and special government employees like \u2018DOGE\u2019 from accessing information at Social Security. In June, the Supreme Court allowed \u2018DOGE\u2019 access to SSA\u2019s records, including names, addresses, medical information, and financial records, while an ongoing case makes its way through the courts. In August, a whistleblower stepped forward and reported that the sensitive information of 300 million Americans had been copied to an unsecure cloud.\n\n\u201cApparently, Elon Musk and \u2018DOGE\u2019 are above the law. They don't have to answer to Congress. They don't have to answer to this Committee. That's not how the American public feels, and that's not how the New York Times or the Washington post or CNN feels. And that's why they all have written in, editorialized about it, and yet still no action,\u201d said Larson. \u201cMr. Chairman, we need to have \u2018DOGE\u2019 in front of us. We need to have Elon Musk come before this committee and answer why it is. And if this Committee won't do it, maybe we need the press and the media and the general public to demand of Congress what this Committee and the United States Congress has not done. It is a dereliction of our duty and our responsibility to the citizens we're sworn to serve.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe all know what's missing here. We all know what's going on. In February of this year, the Administration forced out the Acting Commissioner of Social Security because Michelle King wouldn't grant \u2018DOGE\u2019 access to SSA\u2019s database, which contained the personal information of every American.\n\n\u201cWe then asked that Mr. Musk and \u2018DOGE\u2019 come before this Committee. It wasn't granted. So, we followed rule 13, clause seven, and asked for a Resolution of Inquiry. It was granted, but Mr. Musk never showed up, and the resolution was defeated. And then, in fact, you guys did away with that resolution \u2014 what the minority has in the ability to call people before this Committee to get essential answers about what they're doing to every single American looking at their personal data and information. Why do they need that? What did Mr. Musk have in mind with that? Was it just because of curiosity? Why is it being placed in an insecure cloud, where previously these were protected?\n\n\u201cIt's why Michelle King stepped down from her position because she would not grant access by \u2018DOGE\u2019 to be able to go over every single person in this country's data and information. The new, hand-picked Acting Commissioner opened the floodgates and let \u2018DOGE\u2019 into the agency and into every American's personal information. As I said before, we introduced a Resolution of Inquiry, but that was turned down. Apparently, Elon Musk and \u2018DOGE\u2019 are above the law. They don't have to answer to Congress. They don't have to answer to this Committee. That's not how the American public feels, and that's not how the New York Times or the Washington Post or CNN feels. And that's why they all have written and editorialized about it, and yet, still no action. In March, we also introduced bill to stop \u2018DOGE\u2019 from accessing [the] American people's data at SSA and also stop this Administration from shuttering field offices that seniors and disabled workers [rely] on. Again, no action from the Committee. After the Supreme Court didn't stop their behavior, we wrote you, Mr. Chairman, requesting that this Committee hold an immediate markup on our bill to stop \u2018DOGE\u2019 from accessing SSA data.\n\n\u201cAnd again, we heard nothing. Fast forward to August. A whistleblower comes forward and says that \u2018DOGE\u2019 has copied the personal and confidential information of every single American to a vulnerable and insecure cloud. Mr. Chairman, we need to have \u2018DOGE\u2019 in front of us. We need to have Elon Musk come before this Committee and answer why it is. And if this Committee won't do it, maybe we need the press and the media and the general public to demand of Congress what this Committee and the United States Congress has not done. It is a dereliction of our duty and our responsibility to the citizens we're sworn to serve. 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