特朗普政府表示，将继续努力通过削减社会保障管理局(Social Security Administration)和教育部(Education Department)等关键机构的开支来减少联邦政府中的浪费、欺诈和滥用行为，伊丽莎白·沃伦正在宣传她正在进行的调查，她说这些调查旨在保护数百万美国人免受高等教育和退休福利限制。
沃伦在接受美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)专访时表示:“我们不能袖手旁观，让川普滥用权力，剥夺帮助人们稍微放松呼吸的项目。”。“人们选举民主党人执政是为了为他们而战，他们不希望我们翻身装死。”
这位马萨诸塞州民主党人曾是一名教师和公共教育的坚定捍卫者在今年春天发起了“拯救我们的学校”运动，调查政府当局试图关闭教育部。调查调查了教育部的削减，包括缩减联邦学生援助办公室和学生贷款制度的变化.
2025年6月25日，星期三，在德克森大厦，参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦在参议院银行，住房和城市事务委员会题为“向国会提交的半年度货币政策报告”的听证会上听取美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的证词。
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民主党人认为削减FSA的劳动力将阻碍低收入美国人上大学，并敦促该机构重新雇用对其财政援助业务至关重要的员工。
4月，沃伦启动了社会保障作战室(Social Security War Room)，这是一项协调一致的努力，旨在打击政府在社会保障管理局(SSA)所谓的“对美国人社会保障的攻击”，该局负责向7000多万美国人发放退休残疾和幸存者福利。沃伦说，到目前为止，她的竞选团队已经努力通过电话和亲自到地区办公室来减少社会保障的等待时间。
沃伦敦促唐纳德·特朗普总统和政府效率部“放手”社会保障。她说，她的压力运动——包括对该机构的监察长审查——阻止了社会保障专员弗兰克·比西纳诺(Frank Bisignano)在该机构宣布计划裁员约7，000人后进一步裁员。
沃伦表示，如果民主党人什么都不做，特朗普政府将“毫不犹豫地前进”。
“人们对特朗普和共和党人试图对社会保障管理局做的事情非常愤怒，”她说。“我们将竭尽全力反击。”
而特朗普发誓为了保障社会保障和医疗保险，政府的一些行动引起了对该计划潜在影响的担忧，包括财政部长斯科特·贝森特最近的评论所谓的特朗普新生儿储蓄账户可能是开始社会保障私有化的“后门”。贝森特后来收回了这些评论。
白宫首席副新闻秘书哈里森·菲尔兹告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普政府表示，其劳动力重组是总统减少浪费、欺诈和滥用以及改善美国人民生活的努力的一部分。他补充说，总统通过总督的成功是“无可争议和合法的。”
共和党人认为，SSA的变化将确保欺诈者不会篡改退休人员的福利，并通过利用人工智能来简化体验。
沃伦说，这些机构的大规模变革可能会给美国人带来可怕的后果。
“拯救我们的学校和社会保障作战室是民主党内部反击削弱全国人民的行政削减的两种方式，”沃伦说。
SSA表示，其劳动力削减和组织重组的重点是消除不提供“关键任务”服务的东西。教育部长琳达·麦克马洪(Linda McMahon)也强调，她不会停止资助联邦项目，并将继续履行该机构的所有“法定职责”
沃伦告诉美国广播公司新闻，通过联邦调查、监督、讲故事甚至诉讼的结合，她的竞选活动努力为政府提供制衡。沃伦因最近帮助了数百万学生而受到表扬2025财年获得约60亿美元的冠名资金这通常是在7月1日分配，但被行政管理和预算办公室扣留了三个多星期，进行教育资金的“规划审查”。
在资金冻结期间，麦克马洪告诉ABC新闻，政府希望确保学生项目有“正确的重点”，资金不会被滥用。
“我们组织团体和个人向国务院施压，要求释放这些资金...，”沃伦说。“这很重要，因为这些钱通常用于我们有特殊需求的孩子，用于课外项目和其他帮助我们的孩子获得高质量教育的项目。”
尽管工会批评教育部正在进行非法裁员，但该部门的发言人马迪人·比德曼告诉美国广播公司新闻，该机构在实施裁员时遵守了所有适用的法律法规。
在参议员离开之前，沃伦发誓要继续为联邦劳动力而战。
“特朗普政府致力于削减社会保障并取消教育部，”她说。“这不会一蹴而就。”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren touts investigations into Trump administration's federal cuts
As the Trump administration says it's continuing its effort to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government through cuts at key agencies such as the Social Security Administration and the Education Department, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is touting her ongoing investigations that she said work to protect millions of Americans from restricted access to higher education and retirement benefits.
"We cannot stand by and let Trump abuse his power by ripping away the programs that help people breathe a little easier," Warren said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. "People voted Democrats into office to fight for them, and they do not expect us to roll over and play dead."
The Massachusetts Democrat, a former teacher andfierce defender of public education, launched her Save Our Schools campaign this spring to investigate the administration's attempts toshutter the Department of Education. The investigations probe the Department of Education's cuts including downsizing the Federal Student Aid (FSA) office andchanges to the student loan system.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren listens to testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled "The Semiannual
Democrats contend slashing FSA's workforce will hinder low-income Americans' access to college and urged the agency to rehire employees critical to its financial aid operations.
In April, Warren launched the Social Security War Room, a coordinated effort to combat the administration's so-called "attack on Americans' Social Security" at the Social Security Administration (SSA), which is responsible for distributing retirement disability, and survivor benefits to more than 70 million Americans. So far, Warren said her campaign has worked to cut down Social Security wait times on the phone and in person at regional offices.
Warren urged President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency to take their "hands off" Social Security. She said her pressure campaign -- which included an inspector general review of the agency -- has impeded Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano from making additional layoffs after the agency announced it was aiming to cut roughly 7,000 people from its workforce.
Warren said if Democrats do nothing, the Trump administration will "go ahead with no pushback."
"There's a lot of anger over what Trump and the Republicans are trying to do to the Social Security Administration," she said. "We will push back with everything we've got."
While Trumphas vowedto safeguard Social Security and Medicare, some actions from the administration have raised concerns about potential impacts on the program -- includingTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent's recent commentsthat the so-called Trump savings accounts for newborns could be a "back door" to start privatizing Social Security. Bessent later walked back the comments.
The Trump administration says its workforce restructuring is part of the president's efforts to cut waste, fraud and abuse and improve Americans' lives, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields told ABC News. He added that the president's success through DOGE is "undisputed and legal."
Republicans argue the SSA changes will ensure fraudsters won't tamper with retirees' benefits and streamline the experience by utilizing artificial intelligence.
A sign marks the location of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters building on June 20, 2025, in Washington, DC.
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Warren said large-scale changes to these agencies could have dire consequences for Americans.
"Save Our Schools and the Social Security War Room are two ways that, internally, the Democrats are fighting back against administration cuts that undermine people all across this country," Warren said.
SSA has said the focus of its workforce reduction and organizational restructuring is to eliminate things that don't provide "mission critical" services. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon also stressed she is not defunding federal programs and will continue to perform all of the agency's "statutory duties."
Through a combination of federal investigations, oversight, storytelling and even lawsuits, Warren told ABC News her campaigns have worked to provide the administration with checks and balances. Warren took credit for recently helping millions of studentsreceive roughly $6 billion in FY25 title fundingthat is typically allocated on July 1, but was withheld for more than three weeks by the Office of Management and Budget for a "programmatic review" of education funding.
During the funding freeze, McMahon told ABC News that the administration wanted to ensure that student programs had "the right focus" and funds weren't being misused.
"We organized groups and individuals to pressure the department to release those funds...," Warren said. "This matters because that's the money that's often used for our kids with special needs, for after-school programs and others who help our kids get a high-quality education."
Despite union criticism that the Education Department is carrying out unlawful layoffs, the department's spokesperson, Madi Biedermann, told ABC News the agency followed all applicable laws and regulations when implementing its reduction in force.
Before the Senate left town, Warren vowed to continue fighting for the federal workforce.
"The Trump administration is committed to undercutting Social Security and eliminating the Department of Education," she said. "This is not going to be a one and done."
