An office that helps members of Congress serve Social Security recipients is facing cuts by up to 94 percent.

A former agency employee told the publication Government Executive that the Social Security Administration's Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs has reduced its worker count from around 50 to just three employees.

"While the administration is touting the savings and boosted efficiency for beneficiaries, reports like this of offices with significant cuts in workforce do offer cause for concern," Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor for the University of Tennessee at Martin, told Newsweek.

"No one is refuting the need for more efficiency that makes the process easier for recipients. At the same point, massive reductions in staff over a short period of t

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