ms. colvin's years of experience, ms. colvin is well versed with the challenges involved with running the social security administration. one of those challenges is working within a tight budget and fiscal constraints. the social security has felt the same fiscal squeeze that every federal agency has in recent years. and social security has worked hard to maintain critical services. that's required making some tough decisions, including reducing field office hours and consolidating some offices to address budget and staffing challenges. ms. colvin has been actively working on ways that social security can effectively manage its program integrity work load. as acting commissioner of social security, ms. colvin has made a strong push to make social security information more user friendly and accessible to a broader swath of americans. she's made social security work more efficiently with other federal partners. and she has devoted significant time and significant resources to addressing the needs of the many disabled america

ms. colvin improvements. she has made a strong push to make social security information more user-friendly and accessible to a broader swath of americans. she has made social security work more efficiently with other federal partners. and she has devoted significant time and resources to addressing the needs of the many disabled americans the agency serves. and i am very pleased that that colvin,case, ms. because a few weeks ago we had a hearing that the at those with chronic disease, and right next to ms. mikulski was a person from georgia who had done everything right in america and had been pounded with one illness after another in the table was almost overflowing with medications she had to take every day because she depends on that disability program that you have focused on. so i have no doubt that you are going to continue that important work, that advocacy work for disabled americans once confirmed. the hearing today is an opportunity for the committee and ms. colvin to guarantee the association -- gu