I mean--I don't believe we're--you're grading on a curve, man. You said it was a B. I think you're giving us too much credit.

Who says that a terrific Representative from one of the most urban areas in the country, Los Angeles, California, cannot get together with a Representative from one of the most rural parts of America up in the great State of Maine? I thank…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding me the time, and I thank the chairman for moving this very important piece of legislation through our committee, the Financial Services Committee, and onto the floor. This is a commonsense bill, Mr…

This is an urgent matter.

Where I come from, effort doesn't count.

Every time I hear that I think: That means none of government. I want to hear who's in charge and what they're going to do about that.

I just worry. I have to say, I just have to worry that there's an overconfidence here in terms of the sophistication of our adversaries.

This problem is not being treated with the urgency that it deserves, and a deterrent strategy--because the problem now is the Russians send in this whole operation into our election system, into our states, 21 states that we know of, and…

What we saw wasn't messing around or penetrating. It was a sophisticated, thorough, comprehensive, malign, and malicious attack on our electoral system.

I just hope it's being done at the highest possible level, because I understand there was a so-called Hackathon last summer where every State or every State that they tried, they managed to penetrate.

They don't have to change votes to win; they just have to sow lack of confidence.

This is, I believe, with the possible exception of North Korea's nuclear weapons, this is the most serious threat that our country faces today and we are not adequately dealing with it.

We know for certain that the Russians were relentless in their efforts and also that those efforts are ongoing.

I want to echo my colleague from Minnesota. We face situations in Maine where people have to choose between medication, heating their home and putting food on the table.

Weatherization is a great way of avoiding expenditures in the future.

I appreciate this opportunity very much. You notice, Mr. Speaker, those who do not live in the great State of Maine are very envious of those who do; so I take full advantage of the moose, bear, and other critters that we have in the State…

it seems to me this is an area, it's sort of new territory, if you will, where there has to be a closer relationship between the private sector and government.

The best attack is the one that doesn't occur.