Senator Cynthia ‘Crypto Queen’ Lummis: Lack of Laws Pushing Industry Overseas
So it’s more robust, I would say. [The legislation has] been on a diet and it’s been on exercise, so it’s meatier and a little shorter, but we also have tried to address some issues that we think are important to address. From the original bill where we were proposing some studies, we’re now proposing more statutory language, because even our depth of understanding [has grown], and our feeling [is that] Congress needs to and is ready to weigh in on some of those concepts.
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