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

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

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

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

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

It is important to note for the record that committee Democrats have been requesting official oversight activities on election security since before the 2016 election.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

I hope we can continue to work together to ensure that our committee will see this issue as a homeland security priority.

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?

I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the closed rule for H.R. 4760. I was proud to sign on to the bipartisan discharge petition to force a vote on a Dreamer bill…

We all recognize the sovereignty of our country, but we also recognize its diversity, and we all are immigrants. So let's get over it. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Miss Rice). Miss RICE of New York…

Unfortunately, President Trump has not implemented a National drug control strategy to stem the flow of opioids across America's borders.

Prioritizing the border wall over ports of entry will impede our ability to end the opioid crisis.