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I do not think we look much like a city on a hill when we become the haven for crooked gains of criminals and kleptocrats.

Mr. President, last September, President Trump took it upon himself to create an economic, humanitarian, and political crisis by rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA, without proposing a serious solution…

I think that has been a policy foundation of our country for a long time.

the easiest way for Russians, for instance, to manipulate our elections is to put money into our elections.

They are undertaking significant national investment in artificial intelligence and quantum computing that is dwarfing anything that the Administration is proposing or suggesting.

the Chinese seem to be making that type of commitment very publicly: hundreds of millions, billions of dollars.

The last election there was Russian influence. This election, they seem to be more prepared.

Passing on relevant intelligence is not actively disrupting the operations of an opponent. Do you agree?

the Chinese activity to appropriate our intellectual property is obvious.

Collecting intelligence, then acting on it in a coordinated fashion, are two different things.

But has he singled out the Russian threat, which appears to be critical to this election coming up?

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 64. ____________________

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