I believe the United States should be a leader in creating a forward-looking, pro-innovation crypto policy. This means avoiding burdensome government regulation and opposing efforts to create central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Pursue a pro-innovation U.S. crypto policy, avoid burdensome regulation, and oppose central bank digital currencies.
Occurrences
Evidence
Cosponsor Date Cosponsored ... Rep. McDowell, Addison [R-NC-6]* 03/06/2025 ... H.R. 1919 ... prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from offering products or services directly to an individual ... or issuing a central bank digital currency.
Assessments
McDowell took a concrete same-term federal action aligned with the promise by cosponsoring H.R. 1919, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, which directly addresses the anti-CBDC portion of the pledge. The provided evidence supports effort and material advancement, but it does not establish that the broader promised outcome, a pro-innovation U.S. crypto policy with reduced regulatory burden and opposition to CBDCs, was enacted or otherwise delivered as federal policy. Because the evidence shows a serious legislative attempt but not full fulfillment, this is partial credit rather than delivered.