Chris Van Hollen actually said...

"I think it is fair to say, and I have been trying to follow the testimony from my office, is that for people who engage in ransomware, I mean, cryptocurrency is the preferred method of payment today."

"this is an area that is here to stay and does require regulation, and we need to be very sort of up to speed on how we go about doing that."

"So I want to press this point a little bit because it is getting to the other side of the equation..."

"I think that this means that we need to shift from an era of bullhorn digital broadcasting, where we just put stuff out, to a new era of digital samizdat."