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Maxine Waters: “Will you stop kind of dancing around this question and commit here, in this committee, before the duly elected…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
Will you stop kind of dancing around this question and commit here, in this committee, before the duly elected Representatives of the American people, to a moratorium until Congress enacts an appropriate legal framework to ensure that Libra and Calibra do what you claim it is intended to do, which to serve the public good?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters demands a commitment for a moratorium on Libra until proper regulations are established.

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