Amy Klobuchar

I am particularly pleased with the work that Senator Lankford and I have done on the Secure Elections Act.

I mean, we get a lot of information from companies, you know, telling us they will help us in terms of cybersecurity, but what product is actually really needed versus what would we just be spending money on that would be frivolous and not…

I think the issue, and this is in my broader testimony that I have included for the record, is that oftentimes a local election official, they are so overtasked with all these various administrative duties, they don't have a budget to be…

I think there is just a secondary concern that people aren't always focused on is that the hacking could also result in stealing of private voter information.

Of course, we have been talking about the fact that Homeland Security didn't come forward with the information to the state.

If we were able to talk that way nationally, this would be probably the last hearing of this sort we will have.

Mr. Praetz, thank you for supporting the Secure Elections Act in your testimony.

But I think we have evidence now from 2016 that clearly that is a convenience that we just can't afford.

But you know, that involved the paper ballot----

I think for a while people were talking about, well, why doesn't everyone just vote from home, which is great when you can mail in a ballot.

We are just hoping that we can get this through, and I know Senator Lankford is working very hard to do that.

I mean, I said I have seen that, and that is well put and must be incredibly frustrating when you are trying to do your job.

I think we have to pay attention to it.

The judge here looked at all the evidence and found that it was a very small number and said that there was, in fact, no iceberg--this is their words--only an icicle, largely created by confusion and administrative error.

It is a huge advantage, especially post 2016.

I think that the EAC plays an important role in our elections process across this country.

I think that strikes the right balance.

It was just part of a larger fight over something that, as you described it, was unfortunate.

I want to thank everyone, including Senator Klobuchar and others, who were part of getting that $380 million for us.

We cannot have that happen. I don't care if we are a Democrat, Republican.

What was extraordinarily important, he said, was who would count the votes.

We have a bill, Senator Lankford and I--along with Senator Harris and Graham and Warner and Burr, Heinrich and Collins--it is a bipartisan bill called the Secure Elections Act.

Hack us once, shame on them. Hack us twice, shame on us if we don't do anything about it.

Secretary of State Pompeo said when he was CIA Director that he has 'every expectation' that Russia will target the U.S. midterm elections.

I think it was former Senator Coats, now the Director of Intelligence for our country, that said he believes that they are going to get bolder in the next election.