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Ted Cruz: “The vote was 70 to 28. We got all the Republicans, 28…”

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Crypto Legislation and Policy Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 04:42

On the Democrat side, somewhat less than half the Democrats are supportive. If you look at my defi cra, that's a very good metric of where things are. The vote was 70 to 28. We got all the Republicans, 28 Democrats voted no. So going forward, there are a lot of things we can do. I just introduced legislation called the Flare Act. Now, the Flare act is focused in particular on bitcoin mining and using stranded gas. (04:42–05:57)

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Asserts that a vote on a crypto-related issue had all Republicans in favor and 28 Democrats opposed.

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