waiting for this is ok and all that but let us not forget that for a decentralized system such as bitcoin, the approval or disapproval of the government should not matter at all.
Satoshi didn't create bitcoin so that in a couple of years bitcoin users wait to see whether the "congress" gives it green light or not.
You just spoke my mind. I think the most important aspect to grow the industry's worth, is by delivering workable projects with real life use cases. Whether or not Congress bow to our approval demands or not, it shouldn't stop the industry's development. Afterall third party control (approval or oversight) is not needed for an actual P2P transactions.
Creating mutual and trustless systems is by far more important than Congress hearing or any other political ceremony (mumbles).