Bo Hines

They want the ability to do choke point 3.0.

And if you think about it, they had visibility in our transactions, the ability to centralize and control them.

They could control our lives.

It may be okay for the Chinese Communist Party, but that's not going to work here in America.

And this legislation put the final nail in the coffin to that.

It's really amazing that you got it through.

We didn't have all the Republicans.

We lost two Republicans.

But...

What enabled me to get the other nine Democrats to come on board was really an education process.

Because at its core, this shouldn't be a partisan issue.

This is about taking America's payment system into the 21st century.

This is about making our nation more competitive.

This is about expanding demand for the US Treasury securities that we issue.

This is about the dominance of the US dollar.

It's hard not to like it, but I think there's a partisan bent here in Washington that's so strong.

that their objective is just to keep Republicans or Donald Trump or David Sachs from getting a win here.

And through education and through listening, and frankly, I don't think it's my legislative skills.

I think it's the business skills that I brought to the legislative branch.

I think it's through the business skills and the ability to negotiate that we've actually gotten to this point today.