Catherine Cortez Masto actually said...

Madam Chair, thank you. Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in this important discussion today.

there would be huge benefits for merchants and small businesses to be able to have an account or central bank digital currency in some form.

I think we would be missing an opportunity if we did not take a look at what was happening there.

I recognize the decades-long pursuit of federal recognition by the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.