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On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
I hope that you will be very tough on your partners in these situations because my sense is from dozens of hearings here both in this committee and others that the private sector is not fully cognizant of the threat that they are under, and we do not want to find that out in a time of crisis.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King emphasizes the need for private sector awareness of threats.

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