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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
    February 15, 2007

    CONTACT:
    Pamela Causey 202/216-8378
    Kim Wright 202-216-8414

    THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
    ~ 4 Million Seniors ~ One Voice ~ No Privatization ~

    February 15, 2007

    NEWS RELEASE

    The National Committee Applauds Senate Finance Committee Decision Social Security Administration Nominee Andrew Biggs Will Not Be Considered in the Senate

    “Andrew Biggs' support of private accounts tells only part of the story.  He has built a career creating strategies which would destroy Social Security. The SSA needs leadership which supports its mission not plans its destruction.  A recess appointment of Mr. Biggs would also send a clear message on where this administration's priorities truly lie”…Barbara B. Kennelly, President/CEO

    48 million Americans depend on Social Security each year.  It is the nation's most successful and trusted government program.  But President Bush's nominee to become the Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Andrew Biggs, wants Social Security dismantled. 

    The National Committee sent a letter in November to Senators Max Baucus and Harry Reid urging the rejection of Mr. Biggs' nomination.  That letter can be found on our website at www.ncpssm.org .

    In 1999, Biggs authored a Congressional Institute white paper proposing private accounts as a way to shift seniors away from government retirement programs in favor of private markets.  Biggs wrote, “In that way, Social Security reform featuring Personal Retirement Accounts doesn't send just one liberal sacred cow to the slaughterhouse.  It sends the whole herd.”  Biggs has also been investigated for allegedly violating a federal ban on congressional lobbying by federal employees while serving as an Associate Commissioner at the SSA.

    “ We urge the President to present a new nominee whose goal is to preserve Social Security not destroy it"…Barbara B. Kennelly

    The National Committee is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that acts in the interests of its membership through advocacy, education, services, grassroots efforts and the leadership of the board of directors and professional staff. The work of the National Committee is directed toward developing a secure retirement for all Americans.