Warren Speech on Senate Floor Opposing Legislation Allowing Elon Musk and Big Tech to Scam Americans

quum call be lifted without objection today's vote on this Congressional review act resolution could not be more straightforward vote Yes if you want more Americans to get scammed vote no if you don't vote Yes if you want Elon Musk to have a get out of jail free card on when he scams people on X money vote no if you don't 3/4 of Americans use digital payment platforms like vinmo and cash app and reports of scams on those sites have skyrocketed so the cfpb investigated and then stepped in with a new rule to help prevent this fraud the cfpb's rule also helps protect consumer privacy and it combats de banking on these platforms now ask anyting American how much they like getting scammed and whether they think there should be stronger protections against it and listen to how angry people get over these scams look nobody wants to be scammed and no one wants fewer protections against getting scammed in fact the only people who want weaker rules against scamming are the guys who run the scams and that may explain why Elon Musk is hoping that the Senate kills this new rule today because elon's new X money digital payment platform would be subject to cfpb review Elon wants to take the cop off the beat he wants what amounts to a get out of jail free for Elon card and that is what the vote today would actually give him look I think it's pretty clear what elon's play is here he wasn't very when he tweeted cfpb rip the next thing you know his doge team then locks the cfpb staff out of their own building that was act one now he wants act two he wants Congress to block this cfpb rule so what will Elon get out of it if the rule is blocked well he will get a clear runway for his payment app without having to worry about whether there's a cop on the financial beat who would catch him if he rips off customers who use his new app but this is really a three-part play not just a two-part play act one was closing down the cfpb so that the financial cops were shut out at least for a while act two is the part we see now with Elon rolling back a rule that when the cops are back on the beat a financial cop could use to use that rule to go after Elon if he breaks the law act three comes next week when Republicans try to move forward with legislation that will clear the decks for Elon to issue X money as his own stable coin without any guard rails to protect consumers to protect National secur security or to protect the financial stability of our economy put simply Republicans are setting the stage for the richest man in the world to issue his own currency that competes with the US dollar Act One protected all the scammers act two protects the cash app scammers in particular and act three as currently drafted will roll out the red carpet for Elon and Jeff and Mark and maybe a few other big Tech billionaires to seize control of our money and payments which underpins the entire economy so the question is will Congress go along will Congress protect Americans from getting cheated out of their money or will Congress give Elon Musk a get out of jail free card so he can scam whoever ever he wants to scam and know that the cfpb can't touch him look this may feel like just one more vote on a busy day but rewarding Elon Musk and a handful of billionaires will mean real cons go forward in this country I urge my colleagues to vote no thank you Mr President I yield the floor