Democrats believe they have found a political message that resonates with the public. Elon Musk illegally accesses federal data on American taxpayers.
At this week’s outdoor gathering and newspaper conferences within the Capitol, Congressional Democrats replied with Musk and his Doge on the access of his Doge team, which houses sensitive personal data from Americans, to the Treasury payment system. It warns about accessing your team. This week, Doge officials also accessed the systems and technologies of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as Musk’s team aims to tackle government fraud and waste.
“Why do Elon Musk and his minions need access to the names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth and bank account information of millions of Americans?” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y. asked at today’s press conference. “Why does he need that information? What are they doing with it? And why are House Republicans not stopping them?”
D-Ill. Rep. Sean Kasten said at a press conference: American privacy and data security. How much burning would you be if you closed this barn door today? I don’t know the answer to these questions. ”
Treasury officials between Kasten and the Obama administration and lawmaker Haley Stevens said they would introduce a taxpayer data protection law. personal information.
Hours later, the Democrats’ Methods and Means Committee in the House raised concerns at another press conference about Doge’s access to Social Security and health records.
“What’s more important than a health record? If an individual goes to a pharmacy, resume or Walgreens, they are very guarded about the prescriptions they may secure. That’s their business. ” said Massachusetts Rep. Richard Neal, the top Democrat on the Methods and Means Committee. “I don’t know where this data is now.”
Musk tweeted his video today since last fall, detailing how he tackles government waste, fraud and abuse.
“We’re going to make our spending lower. … Otherwise we’re going to make the country go bankrupt,” he said in a video from October. “We had to do something. It has to be a pretty big move.”
Last night, the Trump administration agreed to restrict access to the DOGE financial payment system as lawsuits filed by the federal employee union travel through court. The transaction allows only Doge staff to have “read-only” access to “read-only” data at the Ministry of Finance.
Kasten said he was worried that Musk and Doji would use American data to punish Trump critics.
“My fear is that they use data that is not legally used to act as bullies. So, for our hometown of Illinois, it’s our governor. (JB) Does that mean that Pretzker is very powerful to call him? If they control the suspension payment, will Illinois not suddenly receive a Medicaid refund?” Kasten said. He told reporters.
He added, “What do you do to someone who has bonds but has the strength of their beliefs?” to criticize Trump.
