Congressman Tom Emmer Tackles the War on Crypto
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🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Representative Tom Emmer is a U.S. Representative for Minnesota, and is the serving House Majority Whip as of this year, making him one of the highest-ranking members of the U.S. House of Representatives. He has been an outspoken advocate of crypto and has rung the alarm bells as to what seems to be the politically-driven debanking of crypto in the United States of America.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:35 Function of the House Whip
7:06 Crypto’s Priorities
8:42 Does the U.S. Hate Crypto?
12:30 Operation Choke Point 2.0
16:00 What Do We Do?
21:01 Economic Report & Partisanship
31:46 Are We Close to Common Ground?
36:46 Crypto’s Role in the 2024 Election
39:37 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Representative Tom Emmer
https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip
https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1636008298481680384
https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1633970248549269511
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| 0:00.0 | Is there a war on crypto? |
| 0:05.4 | That is the question that we pose today. |
| 0:07.3 | We have House majority whip Congressman Tom Emmer to weigh in on that question a few |
| 0:12.0 | things to look out for in this episode. |
| 0:13.6 | Number one, we ask Representative Emmer if the U.S. has declared a war on crypto. |
| 0:20.3 | You'll see how he responds. |
| 0:21.9 | Number two, we talk about operation choke point 2.0. |
| 0:24.6 | Is this an effort to choke out crypto in the United States? |
| 0:28.6 | Number three. |
| 0:29.6 | We talk about this issue. |
| 0:30.6 | Is it bipartisan? |
| 0:31.6 | Is it democratic? |
| 0:32.6 | Is it Republican? |
| 0:33.6 | Who is supporting crypto in Congress? |
| 0:36.8 | Number four, we talk about the ability for the United States legislative to pass common |
| 0:41.4 | sense legislation. |
| 0:43.2 | Can we actually do that as a country? |
| 0:46.0 | And number five, we talk about how crypto issues factor into the 2024 elections and what |
| 0:52.5 | we, as bankless listeners, can do to support those efforts. |
| 0:56.6 | Unfortunately, David was unable to make this conversation. |
| 0:58.7 | He had some internet issues. |
| 0:59.9 | So it's just myself and the representative today, but a few disclaimers before we get |
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