I thank my colleague from Louisiana for her tireless efforts in this regard. We can tell from the commentaries that have just been put forward from the Senator from Massachusetts, the Senator from Mississippi, the Senator from North…

They can modify essentially the public ledger, and the public ledger becomes de facto record of ownership.

There is an encrypted version of who owns what.

Thank you. And I will follow up with some questions about the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and issues that may arise there.

Developments in virtual currency have real potential to provide value to American consumers and businesses.

Because of the time, I am going to start introducing you as you come up.

This is prime number trapdoor cryptology?

This latest generation of technology which we are talking about today takes things to a whole new level.

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.

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 to hold up for this long without a major flaw that brought the entire thing down.

Mr. Gallippi is talking about these very low transaction fees, which will make many of my merchants in Oregon, their eyes light up.

Senator Wyden and I wish to recognize Holt International Children's Services during this year's celebration of National Adoption Month. On July 27, 2013 we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean war. By signing the…

I rise to address an issue that should be of concern to all Americans; that is, the advice and consent function of the Senate regarding nominations. This is the critical check envisioned by our Founders in which the President has the power…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nominations

I ask unanimous consent for my intern, Bruce Lehman, to have the privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

There are two staff members on my team who have labored on this whom I wish to personally acknowledge: Scott Rosenthal, who carried this organizational responsibility for a number of years, and my legislative director Jeremiah Bowman, who…

I thank my colleague who preceded me who has summarized the bipartisan collaboration to bring this bill to this point that we will be voting on in just a few minutes. No one has done more than she to advance this conversation over many…

I ask unanimous consent for 5 minutes to speak to this bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I look forward to that conversation as well. The State of Wisconsin was one of the first or maybe the first in the Nation to bring an end to workplace discrimination. Oregon has a fully inclusive bill that has worked very well. We have…

I appreciate so much the comments of my colleague from Arizona on the challenges inherent in getting our budget under control. I particularly appreciated over the last few days the conversation we have had about the Employment…

I ask unanimous consent to have a short colloquy with the distinguished Senator from Arizona and the Senator from Wisconsin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent for 1 more minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you, Mr. President. This is a list that Americans will well be familiar with, including Methodist groups, Lutheran groups, Jewish groups, and so on and so forth, from the spectrum of Protestant religions, Christian religions, and…

I so much appreciate the comments of my colleague from Delaware, first speaking to the importance of rebuilding our manufacturing sector, of creating living-wage jobs and how important that is to building the middle class and providing the…

I rise to ask unanimous consent that my intern, Chloe Becker, who is shadowing me today, be accorded full privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.