Bisignano Still Awaiting Full Senate Vote to Lead SSA
As of April 11, Frank Bisignano’s nomination to be Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is awaiting a full Senate vote. After his nomination by President Trump in January, Bisignano underwent a confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on March 25, 2025. The committee subsequently voted 14-13 along party lines to advance his nomination on April 2, 2025.
Following news of his advancement, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) lambasted Republican leaders for advancing the vote without investigating an anonymous whistleblower letter that accused Bisignano of pushing the Social Security Administration to onboard Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials and lying to committee members. Sen. Wyden had previously called for a delay on the vote until after a committee investigation.
Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo (R-IA), who voted to advance Bisignano, said in statements prior to the vote that his staff is “open to meeting with the author of the letter and keeping the individual anonymous,” though he had declined to delay the voting process.
Bisignano, on his part, wrote to the committee in writing that he had not yet acted in a SSA role and was not involved in any decision-making process led by acting SSA commissioner Lee Dudek.
Senate Democrats also questioned whether Bisignano was an ideal fit to lead one of the largest U.S. agencies. Sen. Wyden said Bisignano had “made a career of swooping in, firing workers, selling off pieces of the company and merging with a competitor,” which “may be good for shareholders, but they hurt American families.”
Following his committee confirmation hearing, Nancy Altman, president of advocacy group Social Security Works, released a statement criticizing Bisignano’s nomination. “Every Senator who cares about Social Security’s future should vote no on the confirmation of Frank Bisignano. He is not only unqualified, with no expertise regarding this vital program—he is dangerous to it,” stated Altman.
Bisignano, who is the current CEO of fintech and payments company Fiserv, also previously led payments processor First Data Corp. and was the prior co-chief operating officer and chief executive officer for mortgage banking at JPMorgan Chase.
Bisignano has previously stated that if confirmed, he would collaborate with DOGE officials on an “efficiency and quality agenda” to “bring to Social Security.” He told CNBC in February that he would “100%” work with DOGE, calling himself a “fundamentally DOGE person.”
