The gravity of this matter demands more; it demands that the committee launch a bipartisan investigation.

One year ago, 139 million Americans cast their vote in the wake of a massive Russian cyber-enabled influence operation designed to undermine confidence in our democracy.

The danger of cyber attacks from state and non-state actors is constantly escalating and evolving and Americans must be confident that we are addressing this threat.

It is important to note for the record that committee Democrats have been requesting official oversight activities on election security since before the 2016 election.

Looking toward the future, we must be able to put politics aside for the good of the country and work together to protect against efforts to undermine our cherished democratic institutions.

It is more important than ever that State and local election officials are able to rely on assistance from the Department of Homeland Security.

Please provide a detailed log of meetings held at the White House on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.

I share the view that any foreign government interference in our elections is unacceptable and should not go unpunished.

When a sovereign nation attempts to meddle in our elections, it is an attack on our country.

Last year's Russian campaign to hack our political institutions and interfere with the Presidential election was a blatant attack on our democracy.

H.R. 5011, the Election Security Act, currently has over 100 cosponsors, all Democrats.

Who wants to talk about training smart young people to move into the field of discovering this sort of thing, the need for a larger cybersecurity workforce?

Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and targeting of voting infrastructure in at least 21 States was a direct attack on our democracy.

As we sit here today, President Trump is in Europe complicating your mission.

We cannot stand aside and allow the White House to jeopardize this important program in a self-serving attempt to change the news cycle.

That ought to get somebody's attention.

We would welcome the opportunity to work on a bipartisan basis to make our Nation's schools more secure to terrorism, active shootings, and other threats.

Securing our elections is part and parcel to securing our Democracy.