These bills are necessary to enable the tribes to exercise their authority as sovereign entities and to write historical wrongs.
That, obviously, is a skill in short supply here in the Nation's capitol, if you look at the events of the last couple of months.
Restoring these tribes' homelands so that they can exercise their sovereignty is very important to these tribes.
When tribes are empowered, they create jobs for Indians and non-Indians alike.
Without land, a tribe cannot properly grow its economy, retain its cultural or religious heritage, or protect the interests of its members.
Thank you. And I will follow up with some questions about the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and issues that may arise there.
This latest generation of technology which we are talking about today takes things to a whole new level.
Well, it is fascinating that this system, which is not, if you will, continuously tended but is in this public space, has been robust enough...
There is an encrypted version of who owns what.
Because of the time, I am going to start introducing you as you come up.
This is prime number trapdoor cryptology?
They can modify essentially the public ledger, and the public ledger becomes de facto record of ownership.
So I have got Whiffies out in Oregon that says it likes to accept bitcoins because it has a one-tenth of 1 percent transaction fee.
Mr. Gallippi is talking about these very low transaction fees, which will make many of my merchants in Oregon, their eyes light up.
Developments in virtual currency have real potential to provide value to American consumers and businesses.
I want to align myself with Mr. Hinojosa's concerns about balancing--changing to a competitive method of funding and how we prioritize equit...
The skills gap is a very important issue in all of our districts.
We join our Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake in support of this important legislation and respectfully ask for your support.
