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They're going to be back in 2018 and 2020.

This was an attack on our democracy.

I'm not going to participate in whitewash and I'm not going to participate in a witch-hunt.

I do, Anderson. That's exactly what we're trying to do. That's the goal. We're all working on keeping it together, on making it bipartisan.

I will tell you, at least in Kentucky, the direct and guaranteed program was an important part of keeping a lot of operations in business.

I think that is a very good point because if there is going to be an attack it probably will not be just one sector, it could be electricity, gas, financial and coordinating across sectors, I think, would be very important.

Is there a central clearinghouse of hacks where there is one place where a grid operator can look...

I think that is an important idea.

I like the idea of the Select Committee on Cybersecurity.

We know that this is a part of their foreign policy strategy in terms of elections.

The Russians, particularly, are playing a weak hand, very effectively, and it is on the cheap.

But what we are seeing here is the nature of warfare changing before our eyes.

I do not want to go home to my constituents in the middle of a blackout and say well, we might have gotten to this...

I think this qualifies as an emergency, and I hope that we can act promptly.

There is no single solution to this problem.

I characterize what we are looking at now as the longest windup for a punch in world history.

We are 100 percent dependent on 21 minerals from other countries, which is a dangerous place to be, particularly when they have strategic value.

I think we need to find ways to have a predictable and timely permitting process that still adequately protects the environment.