Gallego Backs Legislation to Save Social Security from Trump Cuts

WASHINGTON - Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), backed the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act. The legislation reverses the disastrous cuts the Trump administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, and provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly.

"The Trump administration has gutted the Social Security Administration, shut down field offices and jeopardized seniors' access to their hard-earned benefits, a reality Americans should never have to face," Senator Gallego said. "I am proud to support this bill and to protect the benefits Arizona seniors depend on."

Despite the program's success, the Trump administration has forced over 7,000 workers out at the SSA, closed field offices throughout the country, required in-person office visits to receive benefits, limited access to a live operator when Americans call the 1-800 number for Social Security benefits, and issued false statements designed to undermine the confidence that the American people have in this life-saving program. Adding insult to injury, Trump has given the so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) staff unfettered access to Americans' most sensitive private information.

The Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act would reverse Trump's cuts to Social Security and rebuild the Social Security Administration by:

• Protecting and improving Americans' access to Social Security offices - prohibiting closures, relocations and service reductions, reversing Trump's layoffs, and ensuring Americans can speak to real people to get their benefits;
• Increasing funding by $5 billion to improve customer service, modernize technology and reduce backlogs;
• Restoring assistance for vulnerable and disabled people to access their benefits;
• Safeguarding Americans' data and stopping Trump's politicization of Social Security; and
• Removing DOGE's authority and calling for an independent investigation into DOGE's actions at SSA.

Read a summary of the bill HERE.

Read the full bill HERE.

Earlier this month, Senator Gallego introduced the You Earn It, You Keep It Act, a bill that ends federal taxes on Social Security, ensures high-earners pay their fair share, and secures full benefits through 2058. Additionally, in April Senator Gallego joined a group of 22 Senate colleagues calling on the Trump administration and its so-called DOGE to stop their harmful attacks to the SSA.

9/18/25