Rep. Brad Sherman: Stablecoin measure "needs to have a prohibition of mixers"
Rep. Brad Sherman (5-6-2024)
Who?
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) — House Financial Services Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Sherman
Ask a Pol asks:
What’s going on with the stablecoin measure?
Key Sherman:
“It needs to have a prohibition of mixers in it. I doubt it does,” Rep. Sherman exclusively told Ask a Pol.
Why?
“You know, it’s a burglary tool. Burglary tools have been illegal in this country for 200 years,” Sherman told us.
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Brad Sherman
SCENE: Sherman’s sneaks up on Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo on his way to vote in the Capitol. Initially Laslo has his mic off when he asks about the new Senate stablecoin measure…
Matt Laslo: Have you seen Sen. Gillibrand and Lummis’ “new crypto measure?”
Brad Sherman: “No, but…”
ML: “Stablecoin measure?”
BS: “…it needs to have a prohibition of mixers in it. I doubt it does, but…”
ML: “Why is that?”
BS: “Sole purpose of a mixer is to mix up law enforcement.”
ML: “Yeah, why is that?”
BS: “You know, it’s a burglary tool. Burglary tools have been illegal in this country for 200 years.”
ML: “Yep. Preciate you, sir. Have a good one.”
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