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2023-09-22 19:16:53 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 384D4A4014B7F421E9F70C97B562C14C469ED05E3CB2EC4582843133BCB342E6
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The Senator who reportedly said this was Bill Cassidy. However, Menendez, Cassidy and Risch introduced a bill ("ACES Act") in 2022 to tackle bitcoin usage in El Salvador: https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/rep/release/risch-menendez-cassidy-introduce-legislation-to-mitigate-risks-of-el-salvadors-adoption-of-bitcoin Menendez was a major opponent of bitcoin usage reintroducing the bill in 2023 together with Risch: https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/rep/release/risch-menendez-reintroduce-legislation-to-mitigate-risks-of-el-salvadors-adoption-of-bitcoin
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