Dan Coats: “I also ask unanimous consent to exceed--I know morning business expires in 3 or 4 minutes. I doubt I will be speaking…”

Woodward writes that Dan Coats continued to harbor the secret belief, one that had grown rather than lessened, although unsupported by intelligence proof that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, had something on Trump.

We need to inform the American public that this is real, that is going to be happening and the resilience needed for us to stand up and say we're not going allow some Russian to tell us how to vote, how we ought to run our country. And I…

I'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.

The warning signs are there. The system is blinking, and it is why I believe we are at a critical point. ... the warning lights are blinking red again. Today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.