But this country, like all countries, has an interest not only in protecting our financial system from money laundering and terrorist finance, but also protecting consumers from fraud, collecting taxes, protecting investors, ensuring…

Let me just follow that up, and you have partly answered this question, but I want to ask it anyway.

When I think about the new types of currencies, I wonder how they fit into the tax system here in our country.

I would like to say that number is going down, but, unfortunately, to my knowledge, it is not, at least not yet.

Our government needs to pay attention to this technology and to understand and, where appropriate, address these implications.

I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I come to the floor again today to talk about jobs, about manufacturing jobs, about the high-quality, high- skill wage jobs America needs for today and for the future. Today I have introduced a bill which shows that dealing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Bryan Stephan, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I come to the floor once again to talk about jobs and economic growth. We are continuing to see signs of a steadily improving economy, with more than 200,000 jobs created last month in the jobs report just released last…

Take a good look at your children because this is the last time you are going to see them until Christmas.

The American people are counting on us, but they are going to be counting on you, and there is simply too much at stake for us to fail.

People say to me, what is a high-risk list? It is high-risk ways of wasting money, our taxpayers' money.

Today we meet to consider the nomination of Jeh Johnson to serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

I hope that we will move promptly to confirm you and then I hope we will move promptly to making sure you have the team around you that you need.

Let me just give a shout out to TSA. I know they take criticism from a lot of folks. It is a hard job.

I think that might be of great value to you and the folks you lead in our country.

I think we can all agree on that. We need to do a better job on background checks and get the correct answer, fast answer, but the right answer.

There is too much at stake for us not to work together to fix the Department of Homeland Security.