U.S. House of Representatives rules for a hearing require that all participants in a joint hearing agree to proceed, allowing any member to prevent the hearing by objecting

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Under House rules, all participants in a joint hearing need to agree to proceed. Waters will object to the joint hearing and prevent it from proceeding as planned, a Democratic staffer told CoinDesk, pointing to U.S. President Donald Trump's recent and increasing engagement with crypto.