{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-urges-fed-chair-to-support-digital-asset-innovation", "Emmer Urges Fed Chair to Support Digital Asset Innovation", "2021-09-28", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Tom Emmer", "E000294", "emmer.house.gov", "emmer", "https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) led a bipartisan letter with 6 of his colleagues to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The letter highlights concern with Powell\u2019s statement that the biggest supporting argument for a Fed-issued digital currency is that it could eliminate the need for private sector innovation.\n\nSpecifically, Congressman Emmer asked,\n\nWhat steps is the Fed taking to coordinate with other federal regulators on the development of policy guidance for digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, and other critical related policy issues such as custody and accounting, to ensure the United States remains a leader in financial innovation?\n\nWhat steps is the Fed taking on its own or in coordination with regional Federal Reserve Banks to provide regulatory clarity to banks that wish to offer cryptocurrency or other digital asset custody to their customers?\n\nWhen does the Fed plan to release the discussion paper exploring the design of a United States central bank digital currency (CBDC) and does the Fed intend to highlight the importance of preserving a marketplace of private payment networks?\n\nSince cryptocurrency networks facilitate a myriad of applications, from decentralized identity to decentralized file storage, do you believe a CBDC would make such applications, and the cryptocurrencies that power them, obsolete?\n\n\u201cEmpowering individual Americans to become everyday investors should be our highest priority \u2013 decentralized digital assets provide that opportunity. The Federal Reserve must work to support domestic innovation,\u201d said Emmer.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s imperative that we get this right \u2013 or we risk losing the momentum of this technology altogether. Our government should never be in the business of thwarting innovation. I look forward to Chairman Powell\u2019s response, and to continue working together to develop the best regulatory framework that supports digital assets,\u201d Emmer concluded.\n\nRead Congressman Emmer\u2019s letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-urges-fed-chair-to-support-digital-asset-innovation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2836209498345852, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}