SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Washington Post discovered the Trump Administration exposed Social Security numbers in a new Medicare database:
“Enough is enough. The more we learn about how the Trump Administration handles the people’s most sensitive data, the clearer their incompetence becomes. Ways and Means Democrats have been sounding the alarm for well over a year, only to be ignored and utterly dismissed by House Republicans. Now, we learn the Trump Administration didn’t even realize it was advertising the Social Security numbers of Medicare providers in their latest half-baked database until they were told by the Washington Post. If that’s not enough to compel House Republicans to investigate, what will it take? Do House Republicans need to see their own data exposed before they do right by their constituents and act?
“The people need answers, and we won’t stop fighting until we get them.”
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