Priority, and were encouraged by the progress we have made thus far. Thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. Thank you so much for being here. For the meeting you had with our staff and me last week, and for your testimony. Thank you. Ms. Raman, pleasero proceed. Thank you for the opportunity to come before the committee to discuss the departments work. At the Justice Department, we look at virtual kerracies through the lenls of criminal Law Enforcement. We recognize that the currency could be an illegal means of exchange, and we also recognize that criminals will always seek to take advantage of new technologies to commit further or hide their crimes. Our responsibility as prosecutors is to insure that we continue to enforce the law even in new technological settings and to prevent criminals from using those technologies to create zones of impunity. As i will describe in mire testimony today, the department of justice has been aware of the threat posed by Virtual Curren
Security Committee Examining the policing of Virtual Currencies. Then a House Homeland Security Committee Examining the management at the department of Homeland Security. On monday, the senate Homeland Security committee examined the governments ability to police the use of Digital Currency with the laws currently on the books. Online decentralized systems allow people to Exchange Goods and Services Without using real money, including bit coins. This hearing is two and a half hours. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us, we especially want to thank our witnesses, panel number one, and somewhere in the audience, panel number two. The i. D. Card is there, so pick it up please and put it where it belongs. That way well know who you are and you will, too. My succeeder in the senate used to say many years ago, he would say, his advice was wear a big button. Wear a big button when youre campaigning so youll remember your name and so will other people, too. We want to make sure p
19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his expertise for that scheduled agency. He works for kaiser, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. Hes also he has a long cv so i will be short and a professor at San Francisco school of medicine. He is past medicine much the california addiction of medicine and a member of the medical society here and currently and probably will not continue in thi
Okay. [gavel] the commission will now come to order and the secretary will call the roll. Commissioner singer. Present. Comissioner taylormcghee. Present. Commissioner chow. Present. Commissioner chung. Present. Commissioner sanchez. Present. Commissioner karshmer. Present. The second item is approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of august 19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his ex
Present. Commissioner chow. Present. Commissioner chung. Present. Commissioner sanchez. Present. Commissioner karshmer. Present. The second item is approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of august 19, 2014. So commissioners were prepared for a motion for acceptance of the minutes. So moved. Is there a second . Is there further discussion . Seeing none were prepared for the vote. All in favor say aye. All those opposed . The minutes are passed. Next item please. Item three is the director report. Good afternoon commissioners. On friday dr. Chow i attended the new commissioners swearing in. Our new Health Commissioner will be dr. David pating. Dr. David pating i have known for over almost 30 years since working with the federal government in samhsa he was a well known expert in that field and sought after many times for his expertise for that scheduled agency. He works for kaiser, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. Hes also he has a long cv so i will b