"We need to combat potential risks such as money laundering, tax evasion and other illegal activities associated with bitcoin. But without stifling innovation and the freedom aspects of bitcoin."

Seems like a contradiction. I guess she needs to say something about it, the question is which prevails when the contradiction needs to be dealt with. I don't know her, but given that she's in the system and that system probably has some kind of means of pressuring odd ones out in it, I have a guess that it's not the "innovation and freedom aspects", unfortunately.

I'm not saying it's bad that people are trying from the inside, quite the opposite, but that it's probably not worth getting our hopes up because of one lawmaker possibly being on our side.