Following are testimony and other communications to Congress by SSA officials before the 113th Congress. For additional information on legislation, you can use THOMAS, which was developed by the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. You can access THOMAS at: http://thomas.loc.gov/.

• July 31, 2014 -- Statement of Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Deputy Commissioner, before the Senate Finance Committee, on nomination for Commissioner.

• July 30, 2014 -- Statement of Peter D. Spencer, Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance, Quality, and Management, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, on the agency's real property portfolio management.

• July 24, 2014 -- Statement of Marianna LaCanfora, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, before the Senate Finance Committee, on the agency's disability determination process.

• July 24, 2014 -- Statement of Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, before the Senate Finance Committee, on the trend in the cost of disability insurance benefits.

• June 18, 2014 -- Statement of Nancy Berryhill, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on the agency's reduction of face-to-face services.

• June 11, 2014 --Statement of Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government, on Administrative Law Judges.

• May 21, 2014 – Statement of Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, before the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, on Strengthening Social Security to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Retirees. 

• April 9, 2014 --Statement of Marianna LaCanfora, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Heath Care and Entitlements, on the agency's disability review process.

• February 26, 2014 -- Statements of Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner, and Bill Zielinski, Chief Information Officer and Deputy Commissioner for Systems, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on agency efforts to prevent disability fraud. 

• January 16, 2014 -- Statement of Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on the Social Security Disability fraud scheme in New York.

• November 19, 2013 -- Statements of Glenn Sklar, Deputy Commissioner for Disability Adjudication and Review and Judge Jasper J. Bede before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, on oversight of the agency’s management of the Federal disability programs.

• October 7, 2013 -- Statement for the Record of Debra Bice, Chief Administrative Law Judge, for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on SSA’s hearings process.

• September 19, 2013 -- Statement of Beatrice Disman, Regional Commissioner for New York Region, Social Security Administration before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on agency's efforts to prevent disability fraud.

• June 27, 2013 -- Statement of Glenn Sklar, Deputy Commissioner for Disability Adjudication and Review, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, on the agency’s management of administrative law judges, and the hearings and appeals process.

• June 19, 2013 -- Statement of Theresa Gruber, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Operations, for the Senate Special Aging Committee on examining the transition from paper checks to electronic payments and associated concerns.

• June 19, 2013 -- Statement of David Weaver, Associate Commissioner for Program Development and Research, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on agency efforts to help beneficiaries with disabilities to return to work.

• June 12, 2013 -- Statement for the Record of Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner, for the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on pending legislation to improve the processing of disability claims by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

• June 5, 2013 -- Statement of LaTina Burse Greene, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security on the Representative Payee program.

• May 8, 2013 -- Statement of Marianna LaCanfora, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, before the Senate Committee on Homeland and Governmental Affairs, concerning the use of the death master file to strengthen the integrity of Federal payments.

• April 16, 2013 -- Statement of Marianna LaCanfora, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, before the Senate Finance Committee on Tax Fraud, Tax ID Theft, and Tax Reform.

• March 20, 2013 -- Statement of Arthur R. Spencer, Associate Commissioner for Disability Programs, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, on the Social Security Disability program.

• March 14, 2013 -- Statement of Stephen C. Goss, Chief Actuary, before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, concerning financing challenges facing the Social Security Disability Insurance program.

• March 14, 2013 -- Statement of Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner, before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on service delivery challenges.