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Crypto countdown: "Before August recess,” US House Whip Emmer bullish on digital assets
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Crypto countdown: "Before August recess,” US House Whip Emmer bullish on digital assets

House Republican Whip Tom Emmer (4-10-2025)
House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer address congressional press corps at US Capitol. Photo: Matt Laslo

Who?

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) — House Majority Whip

LISTEN: Laslo & Emmer

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Ask a Pol asks:

Do you have any timeline for passing crypto legislation?

Key Emmer:

“Before August recess,” Emmer exclusively tells Ask a Pol Crypto.

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tom Emmer

SCENE: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer and his security detail are rushing from his office to a private meeting with Republicans ahead of Thursday’s budget vote when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo briefly catches him in the hallway for this update.

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Matt Laslo: “How are you feeling now that we have a new SEC chair?”

Emmer smiles and laughs.

ML: “Different world for crypto now?”

Tom Emmer: “It is a different world for crypto. It's gonna be fun.”

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Emmer starts to enter private meeting.

TE: “Sorry, I gotta get in here.”

ML: “Do you have any timeline for crypto legislation?”

TE: “Before the end of — before August recess.”

Emmer enters room.

ML: “Yup? Thank you sir.”

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