Cynthia Lummis: “We're still $36 trillion in debt.”

“Finally, for the first time since the 1990s, even if we were to do that, which is Herculean and will take several years to do without having a dramatic impact on our economic well being, We're still $36 trillion in debt. I don't want to hand that to my children and grandchildren. So without a bitcoin strategic reserve, that can dramatically reduce the debt, cut it in half.” (15:28–15:32)

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