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On the recordJuly 18, 2018
I want to ask Mr. McGovern a question so we can get some clarity on where we are right now. As I understand it, one position is that the State election systems are fine, they don't need any infusion of Federal help. And then there is another position, which you are advancing, which is that we need to put in hundreds of millions of dollars in order to secure the elections to prevent a repeat of the cyber sabotage and the cyber invasion that we experienced in 2016. And yet we are not getting a chance to vote on that. Is that right? Mr. McGOVERN. Will the gentleman yield?
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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Jul 18, 2018

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