Democratic congressional lawmakers on Tuesday gathered to passionately voice opposition to Elon Musk’s entry to a Treasury Division workplace liable for disbursing funds, days after they have been advised to punch again in opposition to the Trump administration.
The Home lawmakers have come out in opposition to Musk after he was granted entry to a Treasury division referred to as the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which disburses trillions in funds every year, together with Social Safety checks and federal salaries, by means of DOGE, which is tasked with lowering federal spending.
“Shut down town! We’re at battle!” U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., shouted right into a microphone as supporters cheered throughout a rally hosted by the MoveOn Civic Motion, Indivisible and the Working Households Occasion.
“We won’t take this. We are going to struggle again.”
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Mclver referred to as for protesters to “shut down town.”
“Anytime an individual pays $250 million right into a marketing campaign, they usually be given full entry to the Division of the Treasury of america of America, we’re at battle,” she stated.
Over the weekend, Musk cited “fraudulent” Treasury funds in a publish on X.
“The @DOGE crew found, amongst different issues, that cost approval officers at Treasury have been instructed all the time to approve funds, even to recognized fraudulent or terrorist teams,” he wrote. “They actually by no means denied a cost of their whole profession. Not even as soon as.”
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Getty Photos)
Trump stated Musk has authority to let “go of individuals he thinks are not any good if I agree with him.”
The president famous that Musk cannot cease Treasury funds on his personal.
“Elon cannot do and will not do something with out our approval,” Trump stated.
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In a letter Tuesday to federal lawmakers, a Treasury Division official stated a tech govt working with Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity may have “read-only entry” to the federal government’s cost system.
The letter was despatched due to considerations from members of Congress that DOGE’s involvement with the cost system for the federal authorities might result in safety dangers or missed funds for applications akin to Social Safety and Medicare.
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On this photograph illustration, a Social Safety card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury Oct. 14, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
Nevertheless, some Democrats aren’t satisfied DOGE and Musk have read-only entry.
“Some Republicans try to recommend that Musk solely has ‘viewing entry’ to Treasury’s extremely delicate cost system as if that’s acceptable both,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, stated in an announcement.
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Fla., stated he had considerations about Musk having management over taxpayer funds.
“He has entry to all of our info, our Social Safety numbers, the federal cost system, which suggests he’s calling the pictures on our taxpayer cash,” he stated. “There’s completely no oversight as to what he’s doing. What’s to cease him from stealing taxpayer cash? Nothing.”
The protest got here after Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., pledged that Democrats would struggle President Donald Trump‘s agenda “within the streets.”
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., screams right into a microphone throughout a rally Tuesday opposing Elon Musk getting access to the Treasury Division. (White Home)
“Proper now, we will maintain deal with the necessity to look out for on a regular basis New Yorkers and on a regular basis People who’re underneath assault by an excessive MAGA Republican agenda that’s attempting to chop taxes for billionaires, donors and rich companies after which stick New Yorkers and working-class People throughout the nation with the invoice,” Jeffries stated final week.
