The United States response to the Ukrainian asylum seekers and refugees has illustrated that we are capable of processing migrants when we want to.

Fortunately, Congress passed legislation, which I authored, requiring this type of reporting.

On a call with stakeholders, 2 weeks ago, CISA Director Easterly urged owners and operators to report data on cyber incidents.

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Fortunately, there is another way, as reflected in the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act that the House passed last week.

So much has changed since this committee held its first dedicated election security hearing in 2019, which was already about 2 years too late.

Still, Democrats got to work. The Democratic Task Force on Election Security worked to find solutions and make investments to help State and local officials upgrade and improve systems.

At the end of the day, we made enormous progress.

The best way to attack a lie is with the truth. I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will join me in supporting CISA's efforts to prebunk and debunk the kind of disinformation that erodes our democracy.

We have not been able to enact this important legislation, but we will continue to fight, as the consequences of failure on this issue are simply too high.

We must build on this progress by investing additional resources in election security, replacing paperless voting machines with paper ballots, conducting evidence-based post-election audits, and ensuring the highest security standards for voter registration databases, electronic poll books, and other election technology.