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"I don't know," author unsure if his credit card 'poison pill' will make Senate stablecoin debate
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"I don't know," author unsure if his credit card 'poison pill' will make Senate stablecoin debate

Ep. 53 — Sen. Roger Marshall (5-21-2025)
Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas answers reporters questions at the US Capitol. Photo: Matt Laslo © Ask a Pol crypto
Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas answers reporters questions at the US Capitol. Photo: Matt Laslo

Who?

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) — Co-author, Durbin-Marshall Credit Card Competition Act

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Ask a Pol asks:

Did we hear your Durbin-Marshall credit card competition amendment is getting a vote as a part of the Senate’s stablecoin debate over the Genius Act?

Key Marshall:

“I don’t know that,” Sen. Roger Marshall exclusively told Ask a Pol. “We’ll see.”

ICYMI — Sen. Cynthia Lummis fears Durbin-Marshall could derail stablecoin

Some complain your bill doesn’t belong on stablecoin?

Some people say your measure isn’t related to stablecoin and belongs somewhere else because it could derail entire GENIUS Act — why’s it important to you?

Well, certainly it's a banking bill, and this has been a Banking Committee issue,” Marshall says. “What's important is, it helps hard working men and women, it helps Main Street so it's important for the American public.”

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Caught our ear per Trump’s ‘One big, beautiful bill’:

“There's a lot of things that are being done by states that would be, you know, considered money laundering,” Marshall told us.

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Roger Marshall

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo runs into Sen. Roger Marshall in the basement of the US Capitol as he’s making his way to the Senate floor, so he hops an elevator with the senator…

Matt Laslo: “Did I hear your amendment [Durbin-Marshall] is getting a vote?”

Roger Marshall: “I don’t know that.”

ML: “Well, not confirmed but you want it?”

RM: “We’ll see.”

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