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On the recordOctober 19, 2021
Madam President, I want to talk about two things as we are waiting for Senator Wyden. First, I have been hearing all across the State of Florida, people are really concerned about the Democratic proposal basically to look at everybody's bank accounts. The latest is that the proposal will take it from looking at every $600 transaction or $600 account to $10,000. Well, if you look at it, almost everybody has a $10,000 account because what they are talking about is cumulative dollars. So why does the IRS want to look at everybody's accounts? It is for one reason. The one reason is to take more dollars out of somebody's pocket. We can't let this happen. We have a right to privacy in this country. We should be able to not have to tell the government everything we buy. If you want to buy a sofa or anything, you shouldn't have to tell the Federal Government. So I completely oppose this significant overreach by the Democrats trying to look into everybody's bank accounts, because that is exactly what it would do. Supply Chain Madam President, the second thing I want to talk about is the supply chain. We have a significant problem in the supply chain. Not only do we have a big problem, but if you look at what is going to happen with regard to the vaccine mandate, it is going to cause even more problems. My dad was a truck driver.…
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Rick Scott
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