Ritchie Torres actually said...

"Should it be Chair Gary Gensler, an unelected bureaucrat who answers only to himself, or should it be the United States Congress, whose Members are elected by and therefore accountable to the people?"

"The latest bank failures have held up a mirror to the two-tiered banking system in the United States."

"Even the Investor Advisory Committee, which favors Gary Gensler's approach to enforcement, concedes that there is, in fact, a need for regulatory clarity."

"Here in Congress, we have what I would describe as an anti-crypto derangement syndrome that clouds clear thinking about crypto regulation."