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Chairmen Hill, Thompson Release Statement as Senate Agriculture Committee Passes a Market Structure Bill

Today, House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (AR-02) and House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry advanced a digital asset market structure bill: 

Chairman Hill said, “Last July, the House overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan CLARITY Act. Since then, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, and other key Senate partners have continued to advance Congress’ critical work on market structure. Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee took an important step in pushing forward the President’s digital asset agenda, and I look forward to continuing to work with my Senate colleagues to ensure key pillars of CLARITY are addressed so we can deliver a bipartisan, bicameral product to President Trump’s desk.”

Chairman Thompson added, “I want to congratulate Chairman Boozman and the entire Senate Agriculture Committee on their work to advance market structure legislation today. I am encouraged by the committee’s markup of the CLARITY Act today—Chairman Hill and I know exactly how difficult it is to get to this point. This is a key milestone in the Senate's work on the bipartisan CLARITY Act, but there is still more work to be done to get a bill to President Trump’s desk. After members of the Senate Banking Committee advance their legislation in the coming weeks, the House and Senate must work together to meld each of these packages into a final agreement that will unlock American innovation and development in the digital asset ecosystem.”