Building Economic Prosperity: Conversation with US Senator Angela Alsobrooks | Future of Finance

Why It Matters

Her approach shows how bipartisan policymaking on emerging financial technologies and small-business supports can produce concrete economic mobility gains, unlocking capital and protections for underserved entrepreneurs while shaping the regulatory landscape for digital assets. This mix of innovation policy and targeted small-business relief has direct implications for local economies, financial stability, and broader wealth-creation efforts.

Summary

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, in a conversation at the Milken Institute, framed economic opportunity as her top Senate priority and highlighted bipartisan coalition-building as essential to advancing kitchen-table issues. As a co-sponsor and early Democratic lead on the Genius Act, she helped establish the nation’s first regulatory framework for digital assets and used the relationships forged there to push through practical, pro-small-business measures. She cited recent bipartisan wins—tax credits for solopreneurs such as barbers and stylists (under a 45B-style approach), proposals to raise FDIC coverage on business accounts, and business development legislation—as examples of translating collaboration into tangible benefits for constituents. Alsobrooks emphasized that bridging ideological divides enables targeted policy solutions that expand access to capital, jobs, and generational wealth across Maryland and beyond.

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Angela Alsobrooks

US Senator, Maryland

Rachel Reilly

Senior Director, Finance, Milken Institute