I just came from northern Nevada and meeting with some of the tribal communities and they had no idea.

We must ensure that the voices of Indian Country are heard in this process.

We are in the midst of the world's worst refugee crisis, and yet the administration just recently announced that they were going to lower the already record low number that we were accepting from 45,000 to 30,000.

The Democratic Party, their vice chairman wears a T-shirt that says we're for open borders.

I want to go back to what Senator Hirono was talking about, the interoperability. This, to me, is a big concern...

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Senator Toomey and I introduced the Fight Illicit Networks and Detect Trafficking Act.

To have the conversation?

I appreciate that and the need to engage the FCC. I mean, that is what I am hearing here.

Amongst the utilities?

I think it is a misnomer calling these things 'blockchains.'

So it is going to be incumbent upon those businesses, basically what you are saying, working with law enforcement to identify when this technology they are utilizing is engaging in illicit activity?

where is FERC with respect to this issue, and what are you looking to do after hearing the panelists and this discussion today?

the reason why I asked the question, because I think it is important as we go down this path and we are looking at the use of this new technology that we continue to study it.

Would this also, then, address the concerns that I heard earlier, I think it was the Chairman, about the customer loyalty programs?

Companies should not be able to coerce Americans into providing their personal information by threatening to deprive them of a service.

I am supportive of strong Federal privacy legislation.

I think there is a dual role here where we can work together at the Federal level with the FTC along with the AGs.