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“I thank the gentleman for yielding. This amendment directs the intelligence community to expand upon its work in identifying and reporting foreign malign influence activity by establishing a center responsible for integrating all intelligence pertaining to foreign efforts to undermine our democratic institutions. The committee and the intelligence community has seen all too clearly over the last 3 years that the malign influence threats to U.S. sovereignty and security are emerging as a new normal, all the while becoming more sophisticated and diverse. Identifying and defending against these threats, particularly those committed by strategic adversaries of the U.S., requires a dedicated whole-of-intelligence-community effort in order to fully understand the nature of the threat and identify outstanding intelligence gaps that need to be filled. In establishing an interagency Foreign Threat Response Center, this amendment lays out a framework for accomplishing this challenging task. I thank my colleague for his work. I appreciate Mr. Kennedy's commitment to this area very much, and I support the amendment.”