Thread by @TheBitcoinConf

“My daughter introduced me to bitcoin. Once you have skin in the game, then you follow it.” -Senator Cynthia Lummis

Bringing Bitcoin Innovation Home To America with @CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo “I loved the [Bitcoin's] ability, not only as a payment system but as a store of value.” -Congressman Warren Davidson

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo “If we don’t protect private wallets someone is going to try to ban them...I wish people were as adamant about protecting the right to privacy as they were about the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms.” -Congressman Warren Davidson

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo “Bitcoin is a way to transact in a freedom loving way whether you’re in Venezuela...or if we can continue to see the kind of inflation we saw this year, in the United States as well.” -Senator Cynthia Lummis

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo Cynthia believes a robust Bitcoin network complements the dollar.

“It’s important to have bitcoin underpinning the US dollar, as a store of value, the way gold used to be.” -Senator Cynthia Lummis

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo “Bitcoin is the most important commodity in the country, and that’s coming from a cattle rancher.” -Senator Cynthia Lummis

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo “It’s none of the government’s business” how you use your bitcoin (a gift, income, etc) -Congressman Warren Davidson

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo “We’re hoping to get our colleagues productive on this issue because it’s not a partisan issue... hopefully we’ll get something across the finish line in Congress.” -Congressman Warren Davidson

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo “For the unbanked, if you have a cell phone you can be your own banker. That’s what bitcoin does, especially for people on Indian reservations and poor neighborhoods.” -Senator Cynthia Lummis

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo "Obviously there’s so much more fraud in regular fiat currency than there is in cryptocurrency." -Senator Cynthia Lummis

@CynthiaMLummis @WarrenDavidson @AllanStevo "It’s anti-American [to print so much money]...if we go off the rails completely, bitcoin will be there and it can be the standard." -Senator Cynthia Lummis