Chairman Aguilar: The Taxpayer Data Protection Act will rein in Republican corruption
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Representatives Sean Casten and Haley Stevens to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, which would prevent unelected billionaires from gaining unlawful access to the Department of Treasury payment system and from illegally cutting programs to help pay for their own tax cuts.
CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: Thank you, Whip Clark and Leader Jeffries, and I want to thank the leadership of Haley Stevens and Sean Casten for introducing this bill because House Democrats will not sit by as an unelected billionaire with controversial ties to China is given access to the most sensitive personal data about the American people—and to potentially use that data to illegally cut programs that are vital to our national security just to help pay for tax cuts to benefit his own bottom line.
We will not stay silent as House Republicans surrender Congress’ constitutional power in order to allow MAGA extremists and conspiracy theorists to continue. We know that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are just as outraged as we are, but they have to keep quiet out of fear of retribution from the MAGA extremists. We only need three Republicans with the courage of their convictions to join our efforts to protect the American people from this extreme and illegal overreach.
Today, they’re illegally gutting USAID, which prevents China and adversaries from expanding their influence. But, tomorrow, it’s your health insurance. The next day, it’s your mother’s Social Security check. This is not what the American people voted for.
The Taxpayer Data Protection Act will rein in the corruption we’re seeing in the White House and put an end to the chaos.
Video of the full press conference and Q&A can be viewed here.
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