Cynthia Lummis: “Now I'm in a branch of government, the federal government…”

“And at that time, it was pre Bitcoin. But now bitcoin definitely serves that role. Now I'm in a branch of government, the federal government, that is $36 trillion in debt. I am embarrassed. I don't want to pass that debt on to your generation, my daughter's generation, my grandson's.” (03:35–03:43)

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