. >> i'm thinking about early websites like lycos a dominant site in the early web.cos is going to be the future of the world, but the internet was the exciting thing. baby bitcoin price is not the future of currency, but the technology might be. -- may be bitcoin price is not the future of currency. >> it's like html, it's a markup language for currency, kind of like html was the markup leg which for the world wide web. the notion is really powerful, that the platform. getting all wrapped up in what happens to day-to-day bitcoin prices is like getting wrapped up in what happened in the day-to-day price of lycos back in the day. >> at least for me, i think for most people, when they really start to dig into what bitcoin is, with the technology is, they walk away from those meetings thinking i think i might buy a couple. when the personal wealth of so many people is getting crushed, what does that do to the development of those business plans by those people? >> let's make a separation. tim or barry, who has this kind of -- investing in it as a speculative currency, i

. >> the idea i'm thinking about -- dominant site in the early web, lycos will be the future of the worldrnet was the exciting thing. the technology might be. >> it's like html. it is a markup language for currency, like html is a markup language for the world wide web. the notion is powerful that it is a platform, getting all wrapped up in what happens in the day-to-day bitcoin prices. >> to what extent -- for me, and i think for most people, when they really start to dig into what bitcoin is, they walk away from those meetings thinking i will take a couple bitcoins, too. when the personal wealth of so many people in the ecosphere is getting crushed, what is that -- does that do to the development plans of those people? >> tim or barry silva, or even the winklevii, who were investing in it as a speculative currency, that is a different proposition than what fred wilkin is doing at union square. they are investing in block chain as a technology, kind of like html, that supports these kinds of much less costly transactions spread across geography and time. i don't think what is happening w

and he will be shortchanged on some major elements lycos guard secret service, and many others that are necessary. so my, i ask unanimous consent to put my statement in the record. >> without objection. >> but i clearly want to emphasize the climate of franchised terrorism we're engaged in this nation at this time and i would hope that these amendments would be rejected. we'll vigorously open pose them on the floor and i would suspect we would have a veto. i don't think the shame would be on the president. it really would be on us as a congress. i finally close by saying, when the president put in place the executive order he said it is there until we pass legislation. this is not a permanent entity or document. and all we have to do is proceed with regular order of funding homeland security and begin a process of passing legislation that may be bipartisan. it may not. but it would be a ledge sure initiative that parallels the very need of funding homeland security which is a must with the backdrop of what we're facing. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you very much. i wi