WOODLAWN, Maryland – There is a pattern in the Trump administration that if you are very good at the first job you are appointed to, you are likely to get another one, something more challenging than the first.

It's been true for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also the acting national security adviser and acting archivist of the United States, and for several months, he was the acting director of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Frank Bisignano hasn't hit peak Rubio yet. But the 18th commissioner of the Social Security Administration, who was confirmed by the Senate in May, was named earlier this month the chief executive officer of the IRS, serving directly under Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Bisignano said his path to both positions had a humble beginning. His dedication to keeping Social Security robust and available to all people for generations to come originated from those working-class beginnings and his family's experiences.

"I grew up in a house with my maternal grandfather, who immigrated to our country and served in World War I and became blind, and a father who was orphaned in 1937. He was one of 15 children. By 1940, orphans got survivor's benefits, and that played a big role in his life," said Bisignano, who grew up in the working-class Mill Basin neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Both men, he said,........

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