Cbdc Anti-Surveillance State Act

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Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the CBDC Anti- Surveillance State Act. This would prohibit unelected bureaucrats at the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency that would destroy Americans' rights to financial privacy.

CBDCs are a digital form of sovereign currency designed and issued by the Federal Government and recorded on a ledger controlled by the Federal Government. In other words, if a political enemy of the deep state or, say, a Democratic regime says or does something that is not approved, the government could prohibit them from using their digital government-controlled financial assets or simply take them away. We are talking about Americans' money.

Never forget that, in the past few years, we just lived through a time--and Americans are very aware of it--where the government forced social media to censor Americans for their statements about the 2020 election, unconstitutional COVID lockdowns, and violations of Americans' medical freedoms, forcing them to take an experimental vaccine in order to work, go to school, shop, go to restaurants, and live.

Government tracking Americans on keywords like ``MAGA'' or ``Trump'' or Americans who care about their Second Amendment rights has also been something that has happened in the past few years and is still happening.

The very idea of our government controlling our money with the ability to turn it off whenever they see fit is terrifying.

Mr. Chair, I support this bill, and I urge my colleagues to support it.

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