Sen. Scott introduced S.925, the Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2021, which says, "This bill provides for the establishment of the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to submit to Congress a schedule for review and abolishment of each agency. Each agency shall be abolished unless reauthorized by Congress. For each agency, the commission must schedule a date of abolishment to occur at least once every 12 years."
Scott's legislation doesn't explicitly mention Social Security or Medicare, but they are some of the biggest "Federal Agencies." Scott's denial means he would expect those agencies to be reauthorized by Congress, and hence claims his intent isn't to sunset them. But his legislation would require Congress to vote affirmatively to keep those programs--or be automatically abolished.
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