Trump Social Security Commissioner Suggests Anger At Janet Mills Contributed To Contract Cancellations
Source: HuffPost
Trump Social Security Commissioner Suggests Anger At Janet Mills Contributed To Contract Cancellations
The Social Security Administration briefly canceled contracts that allow Maine parents to sign up newborns for Social Security numbers at the hospital.
By Arthur Delaney
Mar 18, 2025, 06:04 PM EDT
|Updated 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON ― The acting head of the Social Security Administration said he was “upset” with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat who clashed with President Donald Trump at the White House last month, and suggested their feud played a role in a controversial policy change at Social Security.
Social Security Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek canceled contracts his agency had with the state of Maine for automatically processing Social Security numbers for newborns as well as death certificates from funeral homes.
Dudek has previously offered no rationale for the cancellations, which looked like political retaliation against the governor. He quickly reinstated the contracts and apologized.
On Tuesday, Dudek said he canceled one of the contracts by mistake because it was for $70,000 and didn’t know what it was for. Asked if the cancellation had something to do with the governor, Dudek suggested it actually did.
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