Sen. Chris Van Hollen: Pres. Trump and Members of Congress Have a Lot of Power in Shaping Crypto Industry

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VAN HOLLEN: “Well, Jen, you would think this would be a no brainer. Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat. It was designed simply to prevent self-dealing by the president, whoever the president is, and by members of Congress. When it comes to crypto ventures, you wouldn’t be able to essentially launch a crypto venture out of the White House or out of your congressional office for the reason you said, which is the president and members of Congress have a lot of power over shaping this industry. We were working on a bill to set the rules of the road for crypto. And so one of the rules should be that the president and members of Congress shouldn’t be able to profit through their positions and to bar self-dealing. That was it.”