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Senator Cynthia Lummis expressed her view on Bitcoin in a January 7 post on X, stating, "It’s about the future," in response to Parker Lewis' book "Gradually, Then Suddenly."
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Senator Cynthia Lummis has characterized Operation Chokepoint 2.0 as "warfare on the American people," highlighting its impact on access to financial services.
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On December 11, Senator Tim Scott highlighted concerns regarding alleged regulatory overreach targeting the cryptocurrency sector.
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U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, a Republican and the first woman to represent Wyoming in the Senate, is an advocate for state sovereignty, energy independence, and limited federal intervention.
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Anyone who has done an addition to their house, put in a driveway or anything else that requires a permit knows that the process can be daunting.
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U.S. Senator for Tennessee Marsha Blackburn stated that drug dealers and cartels must be prevented from using social media to grow profits. Blackburn made the statement in a post on X on August 1.
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Arizona state Senator Janae Shamp stated that the cartels have created a "network of modern day slavery" at the border. Shamp made the statement in an interview with Federal Newswire on July 15.
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U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jim Risch (R-ID), James Lankford (R-OK), and thirteen others stated that the executive action granting amnesty to illegal migrants will "throw fuel on the fire" at the border. The statement was made in a letter from the Senators to President Biden on June 21.
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U.S. Senator James Lankford from Oklahoma has raised concerns about the alleged partnership between Chinese crime organizations and Mexican drug cartels to purchase farmland in Oklahoma for the cultivation and distribution of drugs such as marijuana. The Senator made this statement in a post on X.
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On July 25, the Senate voted to prohibit foreign adversaries from making future purchases of American agricultural land, prompting US Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) to call China the primary threat to the US. Ernst tweeted on July 26 that China continues to buy farmland and encircle US military bases.
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Samuel Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testified before the US Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law today, urging lawmakers to take a proactive role in regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and fostering a cooperative relationship between the government and the AI industry.
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Bob Levey is a prize-winning journalist who has covered the Washington scene since the Johnson Administration. He is the author of Larry Felder, Candidate.
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At the Feb. 14 Senate Banking Committee hearing on cryptocurrency, Lee Reiners, policy director of the Duke Financial Economics Center at Duke University, said in his witness testimony that in order to move forward with comprehensive cryptocurrency regulation, Congress must take action on defining cryptocurrency as a security, commodity or something else. Reiners was one of three witnesses who testified at the hearing, which was titled "Crypto Crash: Why Financial System Safeguards are Needed for Digital Assets."
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Financial experts told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Feb. 14 that the years with cryptocurrency have shown ample evidence of the “dire harm” it inflicts throughout society.
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A U.S. senator who serves on the budget committee is calling on Congress to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government operating and allow for passage of an omnibus funding bill for fiscal year 2023.
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As the U.S. Department of Labor prepares for contingency in case of a shutdown, a continuing resolution (CR) from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) to keep government funded into February could hit the Senate floor as early as today.
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U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said a bill he wrote that aims to lower the levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at commercial airports has now passed the Senate and been sent to President Biden to be signed into law.
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Political figures and members of the cryptocurrency community are questioning the credibility of Kevin O’Leary’s Congressional testimony, pointing to a multimillion dollar agreement between O’Leary and crypto exchange platform FTX last year that made O’Leary an FTX spokesperson.
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said he has called for the U.S. to strengthen its support of Taiwan and has introduced multiple bills on the subject.
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Confucius Institutes, long associated with the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) efforts to maintain influence on U.S. college and university campuses, appear to be largely gone but they really aren't, according to the National Association of Scholars.