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<h3 style="text-align:center;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px;line-height:1.1;font-weight:normal" align="center"><em>Commissioner Bisignano visited the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) to meet with NFB President Mark Riccobono.</em></h3>
<p style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px;color:#000000;font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:16px;text-align:left" align="left"><strong>Baltimore, MD</strong> \u2014 On Monday, December 8, 2025, Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano visited the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) headquarters to meet with NFB President Mark Riccobono and discuss the ways SSA can continue and strengthen its support of the blind community. Bisignano is the first SSA Commissioner to ever visit the NFB headquarters.</p>
<p style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px;color:#000000;font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:16px;text-align:left" align="left">\u201cI am grateful for all the work NFB does to support, rehabilitate, and expand opportunities for the blind. With approximately 50 million American adults suffering from vision loss or blindness, almost every family either is or knows someone closely impacted by vision loss, and my family is no exception. I will continue to advocate for the blind and explore new ways to improve SSA\u2019s services, including the return-to-work efforts for beneficiaries,\u201d <strong>said Commissioner Bisignano.</strong></p>
<p style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:15px;color:#000000;font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:16px;text-align:left" align="left">"We deeply appreciate Commissioner Bisignano\u2019s commitment to partnership with our organization to create meaningful opportunities to advance self-sufficiency and financial independence for all blind Americans. We value leaders like Commissioner Bisignano who invest the time and effort to learn from our community by visiting our national headquarters, speaking at our national convention, and making actionable commitments to address our concerns,\u201d <strong>said NFB President Riccobono.</strong></p>
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