‘Wow! Watch This.’ Ranking Dem Rips GOP Refusal to Probe Trump-Musk Push to Privatize Social Security

Photo caption: U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) arrives for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on December 5, 2023. Photo credit: Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images. Article by Jessica Corbett. Common Dreams – March 13, 2025.

“This is how mad everyone should be.” That’s how one social media user responded to a video clip in which Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) “goes off” on Republican members of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, who on Wednesday voted down his resolution of inquiry requesting that President Donald Trump provide certain information relating to the administration’s attacks on the Social Security Administration since Inauguration Day. […]

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