welcome back to the kaiser report imax keyser time out of turn to jol dates of swarm and simon dixon of back to the future dot com joel welcome to the kaiser report nice to be here all right swarm this is yet another breaking story here in the kaiser report we broke bitcoin but years ago we broke like coin we broke max going ok swarm is another step toward a crypto future i guess is a good way to describe it but tell us about swarm swarm is the world's first crypto equity platform so we have we think that crypto equity is to normal crypto currency is the currency and sort of the next logical step and has a lot of flexibility that you don't find in existing legal systems and we think it's going to evolve into being the preferred option for funding all sorts of different projects over the course of the next decade ok so recently there was a controversy with oculus rift oculus rift was a project on kickstarter and people put up lots of money they developed this product and then i guess it was bought up by facebook for a big number billions of dollars and the people who put up those the

before dixon left the senate, then-senator paul simon praised him with these words. "in generations to come, his children, his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren will look back saned with pride, alan dixon was my father, my grand fairnlg and my great-grandfather, whatever that relationship will be." those words by paul simon about his lifelong political friend and colleague alan dixon ring true today as we reflect not only on his service but also has a pen. i lost a pell when alan dixon passed away. my wife and i want to stndz our condolences to alan's wife of 60 year, ied jodie. people don't realize what spouses put up with because of our public lives. she put up with it for many, many years. o, there were good times but i'm sure there were tough times, too. she was his rock. to alan and jodie's three children, to their families, to the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren, you can be proud of alan dixon. he was truly the gentleman from illinois. madam president, i'd like to make a comment on a different topic at this point, separate and "part" in the rec