I completely agree with Senator Bennet that the President's language about our allies, Mexico, Canada, EU-- there are serious repercussions here.

During the 2016 election, officials at both the Federal and State level were caught flat-footed.

I made sure in Virginia that we took out voting machines that didn't have auditable paper trails.

I do think, as Senator King has mentioned and I mentioned in terms of my State, there are enormous vulnerabilities.

I think that's going to raise a lot of tough questions.

I think it's very important, because I understand you've got to have a cooperative relationship, but I do think our constituents, our voters, need to know if a State or a jurisdiction is not stepping up.

I would make a request that, again similar to the states and localities, if there are vendors who are unwilling to cooperate or upgrade their security, I think it's critically important that this committee and other committees know so that…

The threat is real and growing.

If either of you can answer that--it's not in a question form, but I think you know where I'm going, because if we're told and it's all classified we can say nothing.

I think history has shown that designation was correct, and I am appreciative of the recognition.

I have empathy for Secretary Johnson's notion of calling elections critical infrastructure. I think they are, but I get the notion of the pushback.

I agree, and I think, again, one of the reasons why the very good work so many members on this committee have done in a bipartisan way to try to help alleviate this issue and lay out specific recommendations.

The truth is clear that 2016 will not be the last of their attempts.

This just has to be a higher priority.

I remain concerned that we're still not fully prepared.

I think it is critical that, even if you don't want to highlight this, someone needs to highlight those states or localities that perhaps choose not to participate or not to move to a paper trail.

today I wish to speak about some specific provisions S. 2155. I was proud to be one of the original drafters of Dodd-Frank legislation. We didn't get everything right in that bill. With the benefit of 8 years of hindsight, we have been…

You will be entrusted to lead thousands of dedicated men and women of the NSA.

I think it is time that we have that clearly articulated doctrine.

will you commit to ensuring that this committee will be provided with all the information requested pursuant to our ongoing Russia investigations?

I can assure you that this committee will faithfully follow its charter and conduct a vigorous and real-time oversight of the intelligence community.

I hope DOD, which has gotten a very generous bump-up in the last budget--if you're going to take this on, it would be very disappointing, at least to this Senator, if we came back and said, 'Well, we didn't have the dough to do it.'

if I could ask the Senator a question--we may come back for a more formal colloquy at some point. We are working on some additional language to further reinforce this point. I thank the chairman for his good work on this bill. I am…

I think it's really important that we all think about this, and I appreciate the GAO putting this on the national security high risk.

I think, just before I get my last question in for Ms. Farrell, we need both reciprocity and portability.