"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."
"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."
"We find ourselves in a moment of emboldened white supremacy and anti-Black racism, and a weaponized Supreme Court that is actively gutting protections and progress that has been made."
"There are now zero cops overseeing the $18 trillion consumer lending market. Zero cops."
"I love doing the work of consensus building."
"This bloated Pentagon budget does not make us safer."
"We have a hostile administration working actively to roll back decades of progress and more recent progress when it comes to our civil rights."
"Elon has got a problem: the financial cops. The CFPB is there to make sure that Elon’s new project can’t scam you or steal your sensitive personal data."
"While American families struggle with skyrocketing healthcare costs and grocery bills, Republicans are gearing up to fork over another $150 billion to the military-industrial complex."
"Yes, I have a plan, and it’s already the law. The CFPB cannot be shut down by Elon Musk."
"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 ..."
"Trump has literally said, we will not support certain NATO countries where he's trying to take away territory from some of our NATO allies."
"What Musk has done is illegal. The CFPB was created by Congress, and Congress—not Elon Musk, not Donald Trump—is the only one that can shut it down."
"The actions over the last few weeks have been incredibly bad for individual, everyday Americans, but incredibly good for Elon Musk’s pocketbook."
"The whole foundation of NATO, the whole principle behind NATO is that America has the Europeans' backs."
"We’ll be advocating for support on and off of the Hill."
