“The Biden administration is itching to abandon our core American values to create a surveillance-style CBDC in pursuit of competing with China and other nations across the globe that are creating a central bank digital currency. Look no further than the presentation the Federal Reserve gave to my staff earlier this Congress listing ‘central bank digital currency’ as one of their ‘key duties’...This is why I am taking legislative action. My bill, the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, is the first and leading anti-CBDC legislative effort introduced in the United States.”