Tom Emmer, the House Majority Whip serving as the representative for Minnesota’s 6th congressional district for the last seven years, is introducing the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Anti-Surveillance State Act to prevent the government from “violating citizens’ right to privacy” should they go in this direction.

In a tweet on February 22, Tom said the act would prevent what he said are “unelected bureaucrats” in Washington, the center of power in the United States, from stripping Americans of the right to financial privacy. 

The bill will prevent the United States Federal Reserve from directly issuing anyone Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Moreover, it will prevent the central bank from using CBDC to implement their monetary policy or control the economy. If this bill is enacted, it will demand all CBDC projects to be transparent to Congress, the policy-making body of the United States, and the American people.