[Lummis: Democrats 'Choose Politics Over the American People,' Handing Over U.S. Crypto Leadership to Overseas Competitors] Golden Finance reported on September 16 that U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the primary drafters of the 'CLARITY Act,' issued a statement after the bill failed to advance, accusing Senate Democrats of 'never truly taking consumer protection and maintaining U.S. leadership seriously.' Lummis stated that she had been negotiating with Democratic lawmakers over the past year, but Democrats continued to make new demands after Republicans met their requirements and 'kept moving the goalposts.' She noted that Democrats voted against restricting personal crypto investments by politicians and against protecting consumers from scams and fraud targeted by the bill. Lummis further accused Democrats of 'choosing politics over the American people,' arguing that this move would hand over U.S. leadership in the digital asset space to other overseas competitors and could prompt some crypto companies to relocate abroad. She also leveled a series of criticisms at Democrats, calling them 'anti-consumer, supportive of illegal finance, and against corporate freedom.'