[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ELON MUSK GOVERNMENT ACCESS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, an unelected, self-dealing multibillionaire 
who has made his vast fortune off huge government contracts should not 
be able to buy access to the U.S. Treasury, but he has done just that.
  For the princely sum of $250 million, Elon Musk bankrolled President 
Trump's reelection campaign. For that, he has been given the keys to 
the Treasury kingdom.
  Let's follow his footprints. Musk is now deploying unsecured private 
servers with his merry band of men aged 19 to 26, none with security 
clearances nor experience working in government agencies, to tap into 
the U.S. records of every single citizen and business.
  What is his mission? To track private records for more self-dealing 
and more contracts, looking up what his competitors are invested in and 
tax cuts for the billionaire class. As has been reported, one of these 
men with access to our Nation's sensitive data is a green card holder 
and apparently not even a citizen.
  Article I of our Constitution rests the power of the purse with 
Congress. I challenge every Member, follow the footprints of Elon Musk 
across this government and ask yourself why he should have access to 
the private tax records of the people of this country.

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