Every event is being handled on a case-by-case basis. Is that appropriate or sustainable?

If you destroy the election system of a democracy, if you destroy it, then you have basically dealt an incredible blow to that country which is probably far more severe than shutting down an electrical grid.

Well, I thank you, but this is really--you raise several fundamental questions that have to be resolved by the Congress and the American people.

It seems to me that there seem to be four different islands here.

Treating every attack on a case-by-case basis, as we have done over the last eight years, has bred indecision and inaction.

This committee has not been shy about expressing its displeasure over the lack of policy and strategy for deterring, defending against, and responding to cyber attacks.

If an enemy or an adversary is capable of changing the outcome of an election, that's a blow at the fundamentals of that country's ability to govern, right?

What are the impediments? ... What is keeping us from--the last administration and then the administration before that were all good people.

Thank you very much for your service to our country.

I want to raise another important international law issue, and that's the meaning of sovereignty in cyber.

anything that we can do to build and improve that trust will pay dividends.

Would you say the threat is worsening, the same----