House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill rejected Maxine Waters' objection to the cryptocurrency market structure bill draft hearing, arguing that her concerns over Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest are unrelated to the hearing and injected partisanship into a traditionally bipartisan process

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May 6, 2025

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House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill pushed back against Waters' objection. "I want to be really clear and set the record straight today, the ranking member expressed concern about conflicts of interest, which is why she's disrupting today's joint hearing," he said. "Through her actions today, the ranking member has thrown partisanship into what has historically been a strong, good working bipartisan relationship."

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Week 19 of 2025