FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

February 27, 2025

MEDIA CONTACT: 

e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov

c: 202.913.0126

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) issued the following statement regarding Elon Musk and DOGE gaining access to the confidential personal information of alleged victims of housing discrimination through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):

“With every passing day, Elon Musk’s disturbing control over our federal agencies grows deeper and continues to threaten the livelihoods of Americans. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is only the latest victim of his severely troubling overreach and, as a result, the confidential personal information of victims of housing discrimination has fallen into an oligarch’s hands. Once again, he and DOGE have exceeded their stated mission of increasing efficiency in the federal government. I am incredibly concerned by what the world’s richest man plans to do with data he has no right to hold, particularly in the context of his ongoing campaign against agencies and individuals who believe in fair treatment for all. The very last place American lives belong is in Elon Musk’s hands.”

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