One thing that I have realized is that on the hill the biggest issue facing honestly anything nowadays is an extremely poor lack of understanding of underlying technology. While I know most people will point to a Member's age and blame that at its core it's the staffers who more often than not are the issue. When I first started interning in 2021 the first thing that stuck out to me was age did not matter when it came to not knowing something. You could have a PhD in Fusion Science stuff and not have a clue how a computer works beyond just the turn it on and go.

There have been several times I have seen 50-60-year-old Members fix whatever tech issue is going on because these 22/23-year-olds coming out of college don't have the critical thinking skills to figure this out. The key to any good/useful politician is their staff and here is the issue. People will care about one topic like the environment or healthcare and not care to learn about what is going on in commerce for instance.

I have seen this start to change over the last couple of years. In particular, the House Financial Services Committee has hired people that whose whole knowledge base is blockchain and crypto. These people are then guiding the Committee and disseminating their knowledge to Members and Member staff. So the overall knowledge and understanding of what this whole system is finally starting to make gains.

I am not sure what your idea of a bitcoiner is. If it is one that really emphasizes BTC is the solution and the only future then no there is no true bitcoiner in Congress. What I have been watching emerge though is more in the ally's realm. These are Members like Patrick McHenry, Richie Torres, and others who are in the space of look let's put some minimal guardrails up to prevent/address blatant fraud but really let people participate in this market.

Within the House side of things, there seem to be many more Members from both sides who think this way. It really is a select few that are the ones consistently raising issues with crypto and funny enough a ton of those people have dropped crypto now entirely and are raging against AI and its energy usage.

Because at their core Members not only have to believe in the USD strength but also have to acknowledge the control of it since they are the ones passing laws and programs that are spending enormous sums of money I don't see how a true bitcoin believer really could do that while also balancing the dollar side of things if that makes sense.