WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Rick Scott issued the following press release:

Senator Rick Scott reintroduced his Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act, which would prohibit money services businesses (MSBs), currency dealers, and the U.S. Postal Service, from using any central bank digital currency (CBDC) issued by the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), including its new digital Yuan.

This bill was first reported by the Daily Signal. Read the story HERE (https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/21/ban-chinese-digital-currency/).

Senator Rick Scott said, "The dollar is the reserve currency of the world and the CCP wants to undermine our leadership with a digital currency they can track and manipulate. This is unacceptab...