Tom Emmer Touts Trump’s Pro-Crypto Policies: We Will Be ‘The World Leader In Digital Assets’

During Tuesday's House Republican leadership press briefing, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) discussed President Trump's cryptocurrency policies.

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00:00crypto's footing slips on the hill some reports read this morning as a member of the most pro

00:10crypto congress ever i wholeheartedly reject that premise i want to remind everyone listening that

00:17crypto is not right or left it's not republican or democrat it's the future and it's for everyone

00:24in an increasingly digital world america must step up as the leader in digital asset innovation and

00:31investment president trump vowed to make america the crypto capital of the world and since day one

00:38he's delivered by reversing joe biden and gary gensler's anti-crypto crusade from signing a bill

00:45into law that repeals the biden era irs rule that chill defy innovation to signing executive orders

00:52that create a strategic reserve of crypto and prohibit the government the i'm sorry prohibit

00:58the establishment of a central bank digital currency president trump is positioning the united states as

01:05the world leader in digital assets these are moves that can and should be celebrated by all of us

01:11as the most pro-crypto pro-innovation congress ever elected we are already taking bipartisan steps i

01:19would argue non-partisan steps to ensure digital asset policy champion champions decentralization

01:26and open permissionless and private innovation this is the only viable path forward by originating

01:34the regulatory framework for crypto here in congress the future of digital assets will be determined by

01:40the american people and their representatives as it should be the amount the moment to get this done

01:46is now and i we need to get it done together if we fail to provide clarity that prevents protects

01:52innovators and consumers alike the future of crypto and the opportunities it brings will belong to another

01:59nation to deliver on president trump's crypto promises promises that individuals in both parties can get

02:06behind congress must keep taking steps closer to getting a non-partisan or you guys like to report

02:13bipartisan regulatory framework across the finish line and quickly with that i turn it over to our leader

02:20leader scalise