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00:00President Biden, he's set to deliver his first major speech since leaving office tonight.
00:05He plans to talk about what I'm told will be Social Security under the current administration,
00:13closing of offices, longer wait times, harder for seniors and people with disabilities to
00:17access earned benefits, is what Democrats have been saying today.
00:21I wanted to get the President's response, or if he plans to respond to this,
00:24and comments on what Democrats are calling cuts to Social Security.
00:28My first reaction when seeing former President Biden was speaking tonight was,
00:33I'm shocked that he is speaking at nighttime. I have thought his bedtime was much earlier,
00:38that his speech tonight, I understand the topic of his speech will be Social Security.
00:42Let me make it very clear ahead of former President Biden's remarks. The President,
00:48this President, President Trump, is absolutely certain about protecting Social Security benefits
00:55for law-abiding, tax-paying American citizens and seniors who have paid into this program.
01:01He will always protect that program. He campaigned on it, he protected it in his first term,
01:05and he's back again to continue protecting it. On the topic of Social Security, I have some news
01:10before I let you all go. Later this afternoon, the President will be signing a presidential memorandum
01:15aimed at stopping illegal aliens and other ineligible people from obtaining Social Security
01:21Act benefits. The memorandum will direct the administration to ensure ineligible aliens are
01:27not receiving funds from the Social Security Act programs. It will expand the Social Security
01:32Administration's fraud prosecutor program to at least 50 U.S. attorney offices, and establishes a
01:38Medicare and Medicaid fraud prosecution program in 15 U.S. attorney offices. The memorandum will also
01:45require the Social Security Administration inspector general to investigate earning reports for
01:50individuals aged 100 or older with mismatched Social Security records to combat identity theft.
01:57And the memorandum will direct the Social Security Administration to consider whether to reinstate
02:01the use of civil monetary penalties against individuals who engage in Social Security fraud,
02:07an effort that has been paused for several years. These taxpayer-funded benefits should be only
02:12for eligible taxpayers. And President Biden should think about what he did in his last term, which is
02:17allow tens of millions of illegal people into our country, many of whom were fraudulently receiving
02:23these benefits. So you'll hear from the President on that later, and we will see you later in the
02:27Eastern. Bye, guys.
02:28Thanks, Caroline.