WATCH LIVE: Sen­ate Finance Com­mit­tee holds hear­ing to con­sid­er new Social Secu­ri­ty admin­is­tra­tor

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The Sen­ate Finance Com­mit­tee is hold­ing a hear­ing to con­sid­er for­mer Mary­land Gov. Mar­tin O’Mal­ley (D) to be the new Social Secu­ri­ty admin­is­tra­tor.
The hear­ing is slat­ed to begin at 10 a.m. Biden announced his inten­tion to nom­i­nate O’Mal­ley for the posi­tion on July 26, argu­ing that the for­mer gov­er­nor would defend Social Secu­ri­ty.
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FILE — For­mer Mary­land Gov. Mar­tin O’Mal­ley stands onstage fol­low­ing an inau­gu­ra­tion cer­e­mo­ny for Bal­ti­more May­or Cather­ine Pugh inside the War Memo­r­i­al Build­ing in Bal­ti­more, Dec. 6, 2016. Pres­i­dent Joe Biden has nom­i­nat­ed O’Malley to lead the Social Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion. (AP Photo/Patrick Seman­sky, File)
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“Gov­er­nor O’Malley is a life­long pub­lic ser­vant who has spent his career mak­ing gov­ern­ment more acces­si­ble and trans­par­ent, while keep­ing the Amer­i­can peo­ple at the heart of his work,” Biden said in a …