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On the recordJuly 17, 2025
This bill is an attack on working families, which is why the AFL-CIO says no, and they are scoring it. This bill prohibits Congress Members from sponsoring cryptocurrencies because of the obvious corruption and conflict of interest, but it allows the President to create electronic Monopoly money. Who is buying? Abu Dhabi is buying $2 billion of Trump stablecoin while the Chinese interests behind TikTok are buying $300 million worth of Trump coin, and that is just what we know about. There is a lot we don't know about because cryptocurrency literally means hidden money. It allows for bailouts under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. Jay Powell won't do it, but the next guy will. Congress won't stop him because crypto spends more in super-PAC than any other industry by far, five times more than the combination of Big Oil and Big Pharma. It allows for the purchase of bitcoin and Trump coin, and Trump has announced that he is going to do just that with our tax dollars going into his crypto.
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Wendy Sherman
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Discussing the implications of a bill related to cryptocurrencies and its impact on working families.

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