President Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration faced tough questions today on Capitol Hill about the future of that agency and about the staffing cuts and other changes carried out by Elon Musk and his Doge team.

White House correspondent Lar Baron Lopez has more.

The committee will come to order.

The harsh words came before Frank Bisignano even had a chance to

speak. The websites are crashing and seniors are getting lost in the system. It is clear that this is

happening around America today. It is time to bring a halt to doge destruction of Social Security before it goes

any further. As Democratic senators challenged President Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security

Administration on the drastic changes at the agency, all as Elon Musk goes on a cost-cutting campaign across the government that is expected

to impact the program, which serves about 73 million retired and disabled beneficiaries.

What I will commit to is that I will run the agency and I will be in charge of the agency.

Fizignano, who recently called himself, quote, a doge person, pledged to protect private information

and improve customer experience, but was quickly forced to defend recent actions directed by

Musk's team, known as the Department of Government Efficiency.

Last week, the acting commissioner of Social Security, who is openly working with Elon Musk,

actually threatened to shut down the entire agency.

Including plans to lay off nearly half of its workforce, close physical offices across the country,

and slash phone services.

When you have a system that is not working now,

do you think it's a great idea to lay off half of the employees?

I don't know if, do I think it's a great idea to lay off half of the employees

when a system doesn't work? I think the answer is probably no.

President Trump has repeatedly pledged to not cut back benefits from the popular program,

...