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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We have a provision that we want to make sure no member of…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Accelerate USA 2026: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Ruben Gallego

Published | Video Starts at 19:05

… because one of the most important things is people don't want Congress and elected leaders to be making money on non public information taking advantage of their position. So, so We have a provision that we want to make sure no member of Congress, no senior administration official, including the President or the Vice President can offer or promote any cryptocurrency or meme coin or any digital asset. We think that is the basic requirement to give people confidence that this law is being written for the people, not for us, not to make us rich. (19:05–19:20)

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Asserts that the bill includes a provision to prevent high-ranking officials from promoting digital assets.

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