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I do think we need a U.S. Information Agency on steroids that deals with the totality of the information realm.
You have testified before this committee that Cuba is an intelligence threat on par with Iran.
The Russians have a long history of interfering in elections, theirs and other people's.
We have invested billions, and we put people's lives at risk to glean such information.
I think there is a threshold of behavior that is just unacceptable, and somehow that has to be conveyed.
I am a big fan of sanctions against the Russians, but that is just me.
There is no national security interest more vital to the United States of America than the ability to hold free and fair elections without foreign interference.
Every American should be alarmed by Russia's attacks on our Nation.
We stand actually more resolutely on the strength of that statement that we made on the 7th of October.
I don't think we've ever encountered a more aggressive or direct campaign to interfere in our election process than we've seen in this case.
There was a difference between skepticism and disparagement.
You can't kill some things. They just refuse to die.
This is an important hearing because, of course, abuse of time and attendance is always unacceptable, whatever the amount.
I was amazed in the wake of the recent report not to impeach Mr. Koskinen, that that issue would be raised in an effort to relitigate it at this hearing.
I salute the author of this resolution, Representative Rangel, and urge its adoption. I yield back the balance of my time.
This resolution reaffirms longstanding American policy that can be summarized in five points: talks must be direct and bilateral; a solution cannot be imposed on the parties; both sides must be willing to make important compromises…