(6 Feb 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 6 February 2025
1. Various of House democrats arriving to press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader:
“House Republicans don’t appear interested in working for everyday Americans and solving problems for hardworking American taxpayers. Why? Because they are working for Elon Musk and doing the bidding of an unelected, unaccountable, out of control billionaire puppet master.”
3. Wide of press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader:
“That is why we are introducing the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, to shield the American people from this out of control power grab permanently and to make sure that the financial, personal, medical and confidential information of the American people is protected.”
++BLACK FRAMES++
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Haley Stevens, (D) Michigan:
“So our Taxpayer Data Protection Act will seek to make sure that the payment systems don’t have reckless interference, that those who have access to them can’t just be a special appointee, a political appointee. You know, how we schedule the appointees. No, it needs to be overseen by someone who has the top security clearance, who has the credentials, who doesn’t have the conflict of interest.”
++BLACK FRAMES++
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Haley Stevens, (D) Michigan:
“Telling you as a former Treasury person. I mean, I was there during an actual crisis, not a self-inflicted crisis. We need the answer to why he’s doing it. We need our legislation. We need this Taxpayer Data Protection Act. This is unbelievable lawlessness. We’ve always had this trust between the House, the Senate, the presidency. And then in comes this executive order that seemingly has allowed this individual to go in to the fiscal bureau of the United States of America and say that he has your information.”
++BLACK FRAMES++
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader:
“We will introduce legislation. We will move that legislation aggressively. We will work through the court system and we will continue to communicate to the American people about what’s happening, why it’s happening, and why the promises that were made by Republicans to lower the high cost of living aren’t being kept. This is day 18 of this new administration. Not a single bill, not a single idea, not a single initiative to lower the high cost of living. Housing costs in America are too high. Childcare costs are too high, grocery costs are too high, utility costs are too high, and insurance costs are too high. We’ve seen nothing from House Republicans and nothing from the administration.”
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STORYLINE:
House Democratic leaders announced that they will be introducing a new legislation as a response to efforts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency gained access to sensitive information from the Treasury Department.
House minority leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries blasted House Republicans saying "they are working for Elon Musk and doing the bidding of an unelected, unaccountable, out of control billionaire puppet master.”
The bill put forward by House Democrats called the Taxpayer Data Protection Act will seek to "shield he American people from this out of control power grab permanently and to make sure that the financial, personal, medical and confidential information of the American people is protected.”
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