Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from New York for yielding and compliment him for his leadership on this topic. Just like rebuilding our transatlantic relationship on NATO and our partners for military work and just like our work in exporting energy now, natural gas and oil, to Europe to offset the Russian dominance, this work, this political work, is essential. I thank my friend from New York, and I was proud to be an original cosponsor on this legislation. I want to tell you, on a recent visit in the last few months I had to Krakow, Poland, I was with the Kosciuszko Institute there in Krakow, which has studied Russian cyber attacks throughout Central Europe extensively. They were telling all of us that they are the front line of propaganda, cyber attack, testing and training for what we have seen in the United States and around the world. The institute cited Estonia in 2007, Georgia in 2008, the Ukraine in 2011, and the 2013 Energetic Bear attack as well-known public examples of how Russia is using Central Europe to perfect their strategies before deploying to other Western countries, including what we witnessed here in the United States. By the Congress addressing and passing Mr. Suozzi's bill, we can help Europeans on the front lines of the fight against the Russian corruption, propaganda, and cyber intrusion machine. I thank my friend for the time he so generously gave to me. ____________________”