Jack Reed

Everything you have said today indicates that you feel that Canada is not a threat to the national security of the United States.

The worst thing for us would be to have that message trumpeted by figures in the United States.

I think the Russian approach is to constantly keep us upset, confused, et cetera.

I think Senator Warner and several others have brought it up, is the prevalence of bots.

Shouldn't they be allowed to sort of have a check that says every two months delete it?

I would hope that you would continue to work, and we would urge our colleagues in government to work with you, in that regard.

We need to make sure that there's a precision and accuracy as we label those things.

Thank you both for being here. You have been organizing, based on your comments today, very diligently for the 2018 elections and trying to anticipate malign activities that we saw in 2016.

With the countless challenges FEMA faces, particularly now during the height of hurricane season, we need Director Gaynor on the job.

Thank you for this opportunity to introduce Peter Gaynor, whom the President has nominated to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Why would one question whether the Russians are involved in the election as recently as yesterday if, in fact, you do support the intelligence community?

I do not think that is the way our previous Presidents have acted.

Would that help your efforts in terms of bolstering election security if the President actually said that directly rather than every other day equivocating?

Let me ask if anyone would disagree with the statement that we have irrefutable, uncontradicted evidence that the Russian Government, at the direction of President Putin, interfered in the 2016 election to favor the candidacy of President…

I also yield back the remainder of my time and urge passage of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act.

I want to take a minute to thank Senator Collins and our staff for their hard work on the THUD bill. Their professionalism and dedication to a thoughtful, bipartisan process has been key to moving this bill smoothly through committee…

Well again, I think your instincts are very consistent with the views of most Americans. But this now has been several years, and we are still waiting for the kind of robust response.

I think the time is running out, frankly, and I think we have to move legislatively to set in motion a framework of disclosure.

I think one of the ironies, as you point out, is that we could be disadvantaged because not only don't we get to make the rules, but our companies, our international companies, will follow the rules in China, follow the rules in Europe…

Many countries also agree that China continues to game the WTO's international rules-based trading system.

Most of our allies and trade partners share the same concerns about China's state-driven, mercantilist policies on trade and technology transfer.

You're using national security as kind of a generalized premise, and I don't think valid premise, to go after countries.

Are they a national security threat to the United States, justifying legally--you're a lawyer--the imposition of this 232?

Is Canada a national security threat to the United States to justify Section 232?

So I only can assume that you, in fact, used the term 'deterrent' and did not object to it and feel that is the appropriate policy consideration.