Chellie Pingree Calls On Leland Dudek To Resign From Social Security Role
Source: Huff Post
Mar 19, 2025, 01:25 PM EDT | Updated 33 minutes ago
The temporary leader of the Social Security Administration should resign for “outrageous” political retaliation against the state of Maine, Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) said Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Social Security Administration canceled contracts with Maine’s health department that had allowed parents to request Social Security numbers for newborns at the hospital, which is how 99% of newborns get their numbers in the U.S.
The contracts were quickly reinstated amid suspicion they’d been terminated as payback for Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) standing up to President Donald Trump in a White House meeting in February. This week, Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of Social Security, acknowledged he was “upset” with Mills for defying the president.
“We’ve now learned that the acting head of the SSA did, in fact, punish our state for daring to question the President. This is absolutely outrageous,” Pingree said in a statement.
“I believe Secretary Dudek should resign immediately ― or be removed from his position,” Pingree said. “The SSA is simply too important, and affects the lives of too many people, for it to be led by someone who is willing to throw an entire state into turmoil, all because its Governor refused to be intimidated by the actions of a President who is acting illegally.”
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chellie-pingree-leland-dudek-resign_n_67daf4b7e4b0abb74b13b13a
Seems that Jared Golden (ME-2) gets all the press (I suppose for being contrarian), but Maine's OTHER member of the House (ME-1) seems to never get mentioned, and she has been there since the 2008 election. She should speak up more!
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