"We strongly oppose any efforts by Musk—or anyone else in your administration—cutting or damaging these vital programs."
"The acronym for Musk's task force should instead be short for the 'Department of Gutting Education.'"
"Medicare and Medicaid must not be raided to pay for tax cuts for billionaires."
"It is dangerously unacceptable that an unelected Musk and his unqualified acolytes have access to sensitive CMS systems."
"Every cut risks Americans paying more, waiting longer, and wading through more insurance red tape for care."
"Make no mistake: This GOP plan will raise the cost that American families pay for groceries, healthcare, and getting an education."
"Republicans are pulling a fast one on working people by reaching into their pockets to pay for billionaire handouts."
"The whole foundation of NATO, the whole principle behind NATO is that America has the Europeans' backs."
"Elon has a plan for a new payment platform called xMoney."
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street."
"I love doing the work of consensus building."
"The CFPB is still the law. It’s still funded. It’s still ready to go."
"One possibility is that they’re looking for a way to distract Americans from their real plans, which are not what they promised, [which was] cutting costs for American families."
"The CFPB is the cop on the beat to make sure that giant banks and sleazy fly-by-night lenders don’t cheat American families."
"The CFPB was created by Congress, and Congress—not Elon Musk, not Donald Trump—is the only one that can shut it down."
"It's pretty clear that they did not. I mean, Trump and Hegseth literally appeared to be negotiating on behalf of Putin. They're trying to sell us on the things the Kremlin wants, and it is everything ..."
"Giant banks hated this agency from the first time I ever talked about it, and the reason is pretty straightforward: it bites into the profits they would make from cheating people."
"There are now zero cops overseeing the $18 trillion consumer lending market. Zero cops."
