Focus Of The Hearing
The hearing will examine policies that have expanded the role of subjective evaluations in determining whether applicants qualify for benefits and how these policies may result in unexplained variations in decision-making, weakening public confidence in the consistency and fairness of this national program.

Witness List

Patrick P. O’Carroll, Jr.
Inspector General, Social Security Administration, accompanied by Heather Hermann, National Coordinator, Cooperative Disability Investigations Program, Office of the Inspector General, Social Security Administration
Testimony

Arthur R. Spencer
Associate Commissioner, Office of Disability Programs, Social Security Administration
Testimony

Kathy Ruffing
Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

Trudy Lyon-Hart
Director, Office of Disability Determination Services, Vermont Agency of Human Services, on behalf of the National Council of Disability Determination Directors
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

David Hatfield
Administrative Law Judge (Retired), Wexford, Pennsylvania
Testimony
(Truth in Testimony)

Transcript

Chairman Johnson’s Opening Statement