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Top Memorable Moments From Facebook's Libra Hearings in Congress

David Marcus, head of blockchain with Facebook Inc., is questioned by Rep. Brad Sherman on July 17. 

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Through two days of hearings on the Hill and many, many questions, Democratic lawmakers came up with a number of ways to describe Libra, some of them outrageous, few of them flattering. Here are some of those moments from the hearings in the House and Senate:

And then there was David Marcus himself, who said that Libra will serve the un- and under-banked, but declined to say it will provide banking services.