Who?
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) — Chair, Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets
LISTEN: Laslo & Lummis
Ask a Pol asks:
How’s your attempted crypto compromise looking?
Key Lummis:
“We’re still negotiating and trying to keep the ball moving,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis exclusively tells Ask a Pol Crypto.
Are you optimistic because it’s so bipartisan does it have a chance during the midterms?
“I think it does have a chance, and we’re trying to keep it bipartisan,” Lummis says. “If it doesn’t happen before things go uber-partisan in 2026, it won’t be for lack of trying on my part.”
Caught our ear:
“I’m sad,” Lummis tells us.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Cynthia Lummis (12-16-2025)
SCENE: Ask a Pol‘s Matt Laslo snags Sen. Cynthia Lummis as she’s on her way to vote in the US Senate.
Matt Laslo: “Hey!”
Sen. Cynthia Lummis: “Hey!”
Laslo: “How’s crypto?”
Lummis: “Wait.”
Laslo: “Huh?”
Lummis: “Thanks for the visit last night.”
ICYMI — Laslo and Lummis had very personal drug chat
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Lummis: “Yeah. I’m glad you survived that ordeal.”
Laslo: “Yeah.”
Lummis: “Yeah — okay, ‘how’s crypto?’”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Lummis: “Still working?”
Laslo: “Markup not happening this week (last week Congress was in session for 2025)?”
Lummis shakes head no.
Laslo: “Didn’t think so.”
Lummis: “I’m sad. But…”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Lummis: “We’re still…”
Laslo: “Still momentum for the New Year?”
Lummis: “I hope so. We’re still negotiating, and trying to keep the ball moving.”
Laslo: “Has it gotten more political as the year went on?”
Lummis: “You know, I — with a small “p.” Yeah, I think it has, but I don’t — I can’t figure out why, maybe is the right response to that.”
Laslo: “Are you optimistic because it’s so bipartisan does it have a chance during the midterms?”
Lummis: “I think it does have a chance, and we’re trying to keep it bipartisan. If it doesn’t happen before things go uber-partisan in 2026, it won’t be for lack of trying on my part.”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Lummis: “I’ve been trying to move heaven and earth.”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Lummis: “Yeah. Thank you.”
Laslo: “Have a good one, ma’am.”
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