Who?
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — Original cosponsor, The GENIUS Act
LISTEN: Laslo & Gillibrand
Ask a Pol asks:
How are you feeling about stablecoin?
Key Gillibrand:
“It's done,” Gillibrand exclusively told Ask a Pol Crypto Wednesday evening. “I got two more votes. I got [Sen. Andy] Kim (D-NJ), and [Sen. John] Hickenlooper (D-CO) joined our vote last vote, and then we'll have one more on final passage.* So we'll have at least all those vote yes.”
*unless an agreement is reached to speed things up, final passage is expected Tuesday.
ICYMI — preview of what’s ahead for crypto
Caught our ear:
Does it feel like this Congress is now ready to kinda tackle crypto and do other stuff?
“I’m hopeful. I do think that market structure is far more complex than stablecoin,” Gillibrand told us. “So I think it'll take a larger working group, and early review of early drafts to just try to get consensus earlier. It's gonna be a much heavier lift.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (6-11-2025)
SCENE: After covering a House vote around 5pm EST on Wednesday, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo is walking home when he decides to swing past the Senate Carriage Entrance — where horses and buggies dropped senators off ages ago — and the first senator he sees is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand heading into the Capitol.
Matt Laslo: “How are you feeling about stablecoin?”
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