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On the recordJuly 14, 2025
We need guardrails that ensure that government officials aren't openly asking people to buy their coins in order to increase their personal profit or their family's profit.
Said by
Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
Source
cnbc.com
Jul 14, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Jeff Merkley criticizes the absence of regulatory guardrails in the GENIUS Act.

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