Maxine Waters shrugs off Lummis-Gillibrand stablecoin bill: "Schumer’s in the lead on that"

Rep. Maxine Waters (4-19-2024)

Who?

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) — Ranking Democrat, Financial Services Commitee

LISTEN: Laslo & Waters I & II

Ask a Pol asks:

Were you able to look at Lummis and Gillibrand’s new stablecoin measure?

Key Waters: 

“No, I have not,” Rep. Maxine Waters exclusively tells Ask a Pol. 

Caught our ear:

Do you think it’s helpful that senators have laid down a marker on their stablecoin measure? Or is that gonna not influence you all over here?

“Look, [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer’s in the lead on that. Whatever Schumer’s doing, that’s what gonna happen,” Waters tells us. 

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Maxine Waters

SCENE: Rep. Maxine Waters leaves the House floor during a vote series to run a quick errand.

Waters Exchange I

Matt Laslo: “Were you able to look at Lummis and Gillibrand’s new stablecoin measure?”

Maxine Waters: “No, I have not.”

ML: “No? How are your talks going? Talk soon? Thank you.”

Waters Exchange II

SCENE: Errand over, Waters is rushing back to the House floor to vote.

Matt Laslo: “Do you think it’s helpful that senators have laid down a marker on their stablecoin measure? Or is that gonna not influence you all over here?”

Maxine Waters: “Look, Schumer’s in the lead on that. Whatever Schumer’s doing, that’s what gonna happen.”

ML: “Yes, ma’am. Preciate you.” 

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