安迪·巴爾 (Andy Barr) 對眾議院金融服務的“願景”

這位肯塔基州議員正在競選接替加密貨幣倡導者帕特里克·麥克亨利(Patrick McHenry)，擔任強大的美國眾議院金融服務委員會主席。

Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) is one of several lawmakers vying to succeed Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) as the head of the Republican wing of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. Barr spoke briefly at the Flyover Fintech conference hosted by Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Monday.

眾議員安迪·巴爾（肯塔基州共和黨人）是競爭接替眾議員帕特里克·麥克亨利（RN.C.）擔任美國眾議院金融服務委員會共和黨翼負責人的幾名議員之一。週一，巴爾在內布拉斯加州林肯市由眾議員邁克弗洛德 (Mike Flood) 主持的 Flyover 金融科技會議上發表了簡短講話。

Barr is hoping to secure leadership of his party's wing in the Financial Services Committee next year after McHenry retires from Congress. He spoke to roughly 300 audience members during the lunch break at Flyover Fintech, laying out his view for restoring the American Dream.

巴爾希望明年麥克亨利從國會退休後，能確保他黨在金融服務委員會的領導地位。他在 Flyover Fintech 的午休時間向大約 300 名觀眾發表了講話，闡述了他對恢復美國夢的看法。

"I'm just doing the best I can to cast a vision, educate my colleagues about what that vision is, but also listen to my colleagues about what they want in leadership in the House Financial Services Committee," Barr said in an interview with CoinDesk after his public remarks.

巴爾在接受採訪時表示：「我只是盡我所能來描繪一個願景，讓我的同事們了解這個願景是什麼，同時也聽取我的同事們的意見，了解他們對眾議院金融服務委員會領導層的期望。

The House GOP will vote on its leadership shortly after next month's election, including the whip and leader. The lawmakers would then appoint a steering committee, and only after that would committee chairs (or ranking members, if Democrats retake the House) be chosen.

眾議院共和黨將在下個月的選舉後不久對其領導層進行投票，包括黨鞭和領袖。然後，立法者將任命一個指導委員會，只有在此之後，才會選出委員會主席（如果民主黨重新奪回眾議院，則為高級成員）。

If he is chosen to lead, Barr said the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) would be on his agenda, when asked what crypto-specific initiatives he may focus on.

當被問及他可能關注哪些特定於加密貨幣的舉措時，巴爾表示，如果他被選為領導者，《21 世紀金融創新和技術法案》(FIT21) 將列入他的議程。

"If we are unable to get FIT21 across the finish line through the year-end vehicles, which are the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] and the omnibus [spending bill], then we need to be persistent and we need to redouble our efforts and reintroduce in the next Congress," he said.

「如果我們無法透過年終手段（NDAA [國防授權法案] 和綜合 [支出法案]）讓 FIT21 衝過終點線，那麼我們需要堅持不懈，需要加倍努力並在下屆國會重新提出，」他說。

In the event the bill does fall to the next Congress, Barr said it would be an opportunity to revise it, though he said he didn't "have many suggested changes."

巴爾表示，如果該法案確實提交給下屆國會，這將是一個修改該法案的機會，儘管他說他「沒有太多建議的修改」。

"I think they've done a marvelous job," he said, referring to Reps. McHenry, French Hill (R-Ark.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.).

「我認為他們做得非常出色，」他指的是眾議員麥克亨利、弗倫奇·希爾（阿肯色州共和黨）和達斯蒂·約翰遜（RS.D.）。

"And if the reason why it fails in the lame duck is that we didn't do a good enough job getting enough Democrats on board, then it gives us an opportunity to maybe see what we can do to get the job done," he said. "We shouldn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, right?"

他說：「如果跛腳鴨失敗的原因是我們沒有做得足夠好，沒有讓足夠多的民主黨人加入，那麼這給了我們一個機會，讓我們看看我們能做些什麼來完成這項工作。 」說。 “我們不應該讓完美成為優秀的敵人，對嗎？”

Barr also said it was "disappointing" that Congress wasn't able to override President Joe Biden's veto of an effort to overturn Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, a controversial custody rule that crypto advocates argue blocks most financial institutions from providing custody services to the sector.

巴爾還表示，「令人失望」的是，國會未能推翻喬·拜登總統對推翻證券交易委員會員工會計公告121 的否決，這是一項有爭議的託管規則，加密貨幣倡導者認為該規則阻止了大多數金融機構提供託管服務到該部門。

"We need to create a pathway for regulated financial institutions, banks [and] non-banks, to safely custody digital assets," he said.

「我們需要為受監管的金融機構、銀行[和]非銀行機構創建一條安全託管數位資產的途徑，」他說。

I also spoke with Rep. Flood after the day's events wrapped, more specifically about legislation. The lawmaker noted that Rep. McHenry "is well-regarded," and people were still working to find a way and have FIT21 passed into law during the forthcoming lame duck session (the time between Election Day in two weeks and when new members of Congress take their seat in January.)

在當天的活動結束後，我還與眾議員弗拉德進行了交談，更具體地說是關於立法。這位立法者指出，眾議員麥克亨利“很受尊敬”，人們仍在努力尋找辦法，並在即將舉行的跛腳鴨會議期間（兩週後的選舉日與新國會議員當選之間的時間）將FIT21 通過成為法律。

"I still remain hopeful we can at least get FIT done," he said. Stablecoin legislation will wait until next year, and if FIT21 doesn't pass in 2024, it will also pass in 2025, Flood emphasized.

「我仍然希望我們至少能夠完成 FIT，」他說。 Flood 強調，穩定幣立法將等到明年，如果 FIT21 沒有在 2024 年通過，它也會在 2025 年通過。

"We have serious people working in financial innovation that can create a lot of jobs, generate wealth, cement America even more as the world's financial juggernaut," he said. "But there are pitfalls, and there are things to watch out for, and regulators and lawmakers need to make sure we're building a foundation, but not an overly prescriptive set of rules. So I think it's hard to sit here and not get excited about some of the innovation that's happening, but at the same time, how are we going to regulate it? How are we going to ensure that the innovation survives our regulations?"

他說：“我們有認真從事金融創新的人才，這些創新可以創造大量就業機會，創造財富，進一步鞏固美國作為世界金融巨頭的地位。” 「但存在陷阱，也有需要注意的事情，監管機構和立法者需要確保我們正在建立一個基礎，而不是一套過於規範的規則。所以我認為很難坐在這裡而不得到對正在發生的一些創新感到興奮，但同時，我們如何對其進行監管？