Better system. Thank you very much. [applause] do we go straight to the second panel or short break . Enjoy a cup of coffee and well will be back for more fireworks. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen if everyone would take a seat we are going to get started. If everybody just wants to get a chair. Unlike the Payment System we run on time here. We will have to do this the bob barker way. Founding fathers set down to ride the constitution in the summer of 1887 had been scarred not only by war but by series of sales monetary experiment, experiments with money issued by the state. The scars of those battles are written in the pages of the constitution itself which has a narrow view of what money w is. This is going to get quickly. That view basically sought legal tender is the endpoint. The moment history they were on the three banks in the entire United States to the plate is secretly prominent t role in money. Gold and silv
Security. And, lastly, and this is important particularly in light of the metcalf incident, that has been talked about here, and theyre in the early stages of this but the, they are working on working on a project to develop security, security protections, physical protections and others for substations. So thats going to be extremely critical also. Were very proud of the work that is done at the Idaho National laboratory. Like i said they are reknowned when it comes to Nuclear Energy but there are these new areas that they are developing and Grid Security is certainly one of the things that theyre going to be focusing on. The reason i wanted to say what ive said about this is i want to make sure that everyone in the industry, everyone in the government agencies, knows that these facilities are available because sometimes they have a tendency to fly under the radar. So i want to state that for the record and thank you for making the time available, madam chairman. Thank you, senator ri
And the implications of the Virtual Currencies also other block chainbased applications for the future broadly and i will get into what i mean in a little bit. We are a Nonpartisan Organization that promotes constructive u. S. And european leadership in the world and who meets todays challenge is working with our allies. But we also serve a Public Education function. And i really cant tell you how many people from what i would call that traditional constituency of the Atlanta Council, which is a Longstanding Institution in washington. How many people have come to me and said what is this thing called this claim bitcoin, will it be here tomorrow or will it be here in 2050, and that is part of the reason i decided we should have an event that sort of performs these functions but i try to bring together a nontraditional panel with a lot of distinctive experts from distinct as the plans. Im thrilled and honored that they are here today to explain what bitcoin is, what it means for the futu
Helping them find a way to connect and share their views. Global Internet Freedom programs, u. S. International broadcasting, and support for human rights activists are all fundamental components of our countrys longstanding efforts to remote democracy overseas. For more than 50 years, the United States has had an unwavering commitment to promote freedom of information in the world. Our work in cuba is no different than our efforts to promote freedom of expression and uncensored access to information in the ukraine, russia, belarus, iran, china, or north korea. It should be noted that in the bill there is 76 billion set aside to promote global Internet Freedom and democracy in closed societies like cuba, where the regime allows no independent press and limits access to the internet. It also states that with respect to the provision of assistance for democracy, human rights, and government activities, these programs shall not be subject to the prior approval by the government of any for
You were just in moldova. As we try to learn from the things that we could have done or that the alliance could have months ukraine in the and years leading up to this crisis, which im not suggesting anyone could have foreseen what do you think are the most important steps to strengthen the Transatlantic Alliance with moldova to send the right message to russia and to perhaps prepare them for the potential of some kind of offensive action from russian we have intensified our collaboration and cooperation with moldova. Secretary kerry was there in december. As you said, i was there again a week ago sunday. Our primary effort with moldova has been to support their preparations for an Association Agreement signing with the andpean union and the deep comprehensive freetrade agreement. Both of these will strengthen their trade and travel and links to europe and give them more options than simply the russian market. We are also working intensively with them on Energy Security and alternative