…She refused permanence and she stayed completely silent about the expiration date in her joint press releases. And the 2030 date is absolutely not a coincidence. It aligns with the next presidential term. If a CBDCfriendly administration wins in November 2028, they will be fully installed and empowered by the time the ban expires in December 2030. Furthermore, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Pal's term expires in May 2026. So, a new potentially more CBDC friendly Fed leadership could be in place for the remainder of the decade. This gives the current Congress exactly zero political accountability. They get to vote against a CBDC today without permanently foreclosing it for tomorrow. And this is why Senator Ted Cruz filed Amendment SA4318, which was specifically designed to strike the 2030 sunset clause and make the ban permanent. But his amendment failed. And when it fai…