Entities	House Ways & Means Committee (8) Social Security Administration (SSA) (5)
Topics and Issues	Synthetic Identity (8)

In May 2023, the Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on Social Security Administration’s Role in Combatting Identity Fraud.

The hearing was called by House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Drew Ferguson (R-GA).

There were five witnesses:

• Mr. Sean Brune, Deputy Commissioner for Systems and Chief Information Officer, Social Security Administration, Witness Statement
• Ms. Katie Wechsler, Co-Executive Director, Consumer First Coalition, Witness Statement
• Ms. Margaret Hayward, Private citizen and mother of three, Witness Statement
• Mr. Robert Roach, President, Alliance for Retired Americans, Witness Statement
• Mr. Jeffrey Brown, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Office of Audits, Office of the Inspector General, Social Security Administration, Witness Statement

Additional Resources:

• SSA built a system to help combat identity fraud. Backers say it’s ‘at risk of collapse’, (June 30, 2023).
• eCBSV.