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You need to have leadership that we really dont have on a complete level and by that i mean leadership from the white house to the courthouse. Everybody has to pass the baton, and what ive seen from the other side from the voting side of this issue is uk transportation type people, whether they are directly involved with cars our railroads or highways contractors and so forth, but they tend to call on members of the highway Transportation Committee. They dont call on somebody from my health care committee. And yet health care is a involving care is involved in transportation good phil kohn som...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] coming up on cspan2, the Homeland Security Committee Examines the use of Virtual Currencies. Then, a look at the process that granting security clearances for federal workers and contractors. And live at noon eastern, a Heritage Foundation panel on the deal struck in geneva, switzerland, on Irans Nuclear program. Today the Heritage Foundation examines the deal reached this its weekend in geneva, switzerland, on Irans Nuclear weapons program. Watch the event live starting at noon eastern here...

Im pleased to cochair this hearing on the present and future impact of Virtual Currency. My friend senator merkel and i appreciate the work senator heller has done and senator kirk will be joining us as well. Were going to do this a little different because its a joint subcommittee hearing i will chair the first panel and the senator will chair the second. The uses of Virtual Currencies have proliferated in recent years. My hope for this hearing is to educate the Senate Members and others and start the education of the public about Virtual Currencies, including the potential and drawbacks. I a...

Senator, im not familiar with that issue. Id be glad to take a question for the record be, if youd like. Okay, thank you. Thats it, madam chair. Thank you very much. [inaudible] verify one thing on the nsa situation. Its my understanding that this judge, judge leon, made his restraining order which has been or his injunction which has been stayed, and that was announced last month, a District Court judge in southern california, jeffrey miller, announced his opinion in a case which involves a bacilli malawi who was convicted on three counts of support for terrorism, specifically financial and m...

Lenders. I think thats something that id like to talk a little bit about here today because members of our military have to resort to financing from these predatory lenders all too often. We know military Service Members are three times more likely than civilians to use predatory payday loans that charge exorbitant rates. Thats three times the civilians use. The military families carry 10,000 or more in Credit Card Debt compared to 16 for civilian frames. 10 of military families carry more than 20,000 in debt compared to just 7 of the civilian families, and more than half of military Service M...