Who?
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) — Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee
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Ask a Pol asks:
What do you make of the new SEC pick in terms of digital currencies?
Key Van Hollen:
“I have concerns about the whole area there,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
ICYMI — Senate supporters still bullish on digital assets
Caught our ear:
“They’ve been involved in rolling back a number of important protections — consumer protections,” Van Hollen tells us.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), slightly edited for clarity.
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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chris Van Hollen*
*Congress is out for a two week Easter recess; interview conducted 3-27-2025
SCENE: After voting, Sen. Chris Van Hollen is rushing to catch a tram underneath the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo briefly caught him on now-SEC Chair Paul Atkins whose confirmation hearing was that morning in the Banking Committee.
Matt Laslo: “Hey how are you? How are you sir?”
Van Hollen looks up.
Chris Van Hollen: “Hey.”
ML: “What do you make of — I've never talked to you about crypto — what do you make of the new SEC pick in terms of digital currencies?”
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CV: “Yeah, I have concerns about the whole area there, but I’m — I have other concerns as well with respect to Atkins, which I asked him about this morning.”
ML: “I was gonna say, how'd he do under pressure? Is he winning any of you guys over or…?”
CV: “I think he's got a long way to go.”
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ML: “Yeah?”
CV: “Alright.”
ML: “Does it feel like a seachange from the Biden administraiton policies, cause they’ve already been pretty aggresive in winding those back.”
CV: “Yeah. I mean, they’ve been involved in rolling back a number of important protections — consumer protections , so....”
ML: “Yeah?”
CV: “Again, as I said, he’s got a long way to go.”
ML: “Yeah? Preciate ya.”
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