I thank my colleague from New York, our distinguished leader, for his very powerful and compelling remarks and for his steadfast leadership on this issue of election security. The issue of election security goes to the core of our national security. In the last Presidential election, this Nation was attacked. It was an attack as pernicious and insidious as any in this country's history, although it was less visible than bombs dropped at Pearl Harbor and less dramatic than the attacks on our troops elsewhere, whether in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was an attack on this Nation, and some of us have called it, in fact, an act of war on both sides of the aisle. On both sides of the aisle there has been unanimity, in fact, that the attack was by the Russians through social media and through other means and tools of misinformation and disinformation to interfere with our election. That unanimity comes not only from Robert Mueller, a distinguished public servant and dedicated American, but also from our entire intelligence community. There is only one person in a position of authority who disagrees, and that is the President of the United States, who finds Vladimir Putin more credible than our intelligence community and has said so publicly. In a few moments, I will ask for unanimous consent for the passage of S.…
On the recordJuly 25, 2019
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