Bennie Thompson

Securing our elections is part and parcel to securing our Democracy.

H.R. 5011, the Election Security Act, currently has over 100 cosponsors, all Democrats.

Unfortunately, due to it being in an unclassified setting, it is not possible for this last-minute briefing scheduled by House Republicans on election security to be able to go into the detail necessary to properly educate Members of…

If we do nothing, this will become our new normal. With the next Federal election only 1 year away, it is high time we start thinking about enacting real solutions.

One year ago, 139 million Americans cast their vote in the wake of a massive Russian cyber-enabled influence operation designed to undermine confidence in our democracy.

Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and targeting of voting infrastructure in at least 21 States was a direct attack on our democracy.

Looking toward the future, we must be able to put politics aside for the good of the country and work together to protect against efforts to undermine our cherished democratic institutions.

Last year's Russian campaign to hack our political institutions and interfere with the Presidential election was a blatant attack on our democracy.

The danger of cyber attacks from state and non-state actors is constantly escalating and evolving and Americans must be confident that we are addressing this threat.

Election security and school security demand urgent action.

We would welcome the opportunity to work on a bipartisan basis to make our Nation's schools more secure to terrorism, active shootings, and other threats.

When a sovereign nation attempts to meddle in our elections, it is an attack on our country.

It is more important than ever that State and local election officials are able to rely on assistance from the Department of Homeland Security.

We must protect against efforts to undermine public confidence in our cherished democratic institutions.

I share the view that any foreign government interference in our elections is unacceptable and should not go unpunished.

The gravity of this matter demands more; it demands that the committee launch a bipartisan investigation.

I am writing to express my continued commitment to examining the Russian government's interference in the 2016 elections.

If the White House is considering or considered planting a false story about the Automated Indicator Sharing program, please provide any meeting notes.

Please provide a detailed log of meetings held at the White House on Wednesday, May 17, 2017.

We cannot stand aside and allow the White House to jeopardize this important program in a self-serving attempt to change the news cycle.

This President's failure to take seriously the threat to our democracy is one of the main reasons that we must do effective and thorough oversight in this body.

As we sit here today, President Trump is in Europe complicating your mission.

You are responsible for building private-sector confidence in DHS information-sharing programs like Automated Indicator Sharing after President Trump toyed with the idea of planting an absurd story to discredit its own--for its own…

Congress needs to do its part to protect children in schools, which includes making sure there are adequate resources for communities to combat school violence and enacting common-sense gun safety legislation.

Why are we wasting time discussing school violence when the Federal Commission on School Safety will not engage on the common factor in every catastrophic school shooting?