Make the call during normal business hours (9am - 5pm EST) and provide your name and address if asked.
My name is [NAME] and I am a constituent form [CITY, STATE].
I am calling to ask Sen. Mike Braun to support Sen. Ted Cruz and Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. Without an explicit, comprehensive ban, a Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDC, could be issued by the government and even facilitated through my own bank. This digital currency gives the government too much power and creates a surveillance state.
A CBDC lets the government track every transaction — how much is spent and what is purchased. The government can’t be trusted with this power and information:
The government could stop a payment from clearing and control what citizens are allowed to buy.
The government could also use this information to target citizens based on their purchases.
It’s a level of financial totalitarianism that is extremely Orwellian, and it’s why communist China has embraced a CBDC.
Please urge Sen. Mike Braun to oppose CBDCs, and support the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (S. 3801 / H.R. 5403).
This is an important bill to safeguard our freedoms in America. Please give it your support.
Thank you for your time.