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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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