Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues, Senator Blumenthal and Senator Warner, who have spoken strongly on the issue at hand, which is to protect our great country and our extraordinary 200-year experiment in self-governance. To do it, we have to add a new tier--a strong protection--for the sanctity of our elections. I thank Senator Blumenthal. He is a member of the Committee on the Judiciary, where he is doing important work on these issues. I thank our colleague, Senator Warner, of course, who is the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, on which I serve. I also thank my colleague who is still on the floor, Senator Blumenthal, for all of his leadership. I look forward to partnering with him and with Senator Warner in the days ahead. In a moment, I will ask for unanimous consent to adopt a bipartisan bill that I have proposed with Senator Cotton. It is S. 890, the Senate Cybersecurity Protection Act. Before I ask, however, for that unanimous consent request, I will give some brief background as to why Senator Cotton and I are working on this issue and putting all of this time into this effort. In the 2016 election, obviously, the Russians inflicted damage on our democracy by hacking the personal accounts of political parties and individuals and then by dumping emails and documents online. This tactic generated massive amounts of media coverage that was based on those stolen documents.…”