The assembled leadership of the intelligence committee, do you believe the 2017 intelligence community assessment accurately characterized the extent of Russian activities in the 2016 election and its conclusion that Russia intelligence…
Mark Warner
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Mark Robert Warner is a United States Senator from Virginia, serving since January 3, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner previously held the office of Governor of Virginia from January 12, 2002, to January 14, 2006. During his tenure in the Senate, he has focused on various issues including technology, healthcare, and economic development. Warner is known for his bipartisan approach and has worked on legislation aimed at improving the economy and supporting small businesses.
Mark Warner, he told our Manu Raju that he wants Trump Jr. to come back to the panel to answer questions from senators.
I come to the floor today to join other colleagues from both sides of the aisle to talk about this tax debate. We don't do tax reform nearly enough here in the United States. It seems we have taken it on about every 35 years whether we…
I think special prosecutor Mueller is a consummate professional, that's why he was chosen. That's why I think he has broad bipartisan support. And I think he realizes, you know, that as long as this cloud hangs over the Trump…
We've still got a lot of questions that remain unanswered and my hope is at the end of the day, whether it's the Mueller investigation or our committee's investigation, end of the day, the Americans deserve the truth.
It's fairly unprecedented that you have a national security adviser have to get fired I think 24 days into the job for failing to disclose his contacts with Russians.
The special prosecutor has a different standard, they've got a criminality standard. He has different tools than we have and our committee -- our committee is to try to find out whether there was collusion and make clear to the American…
Well, remember, General Flynn was fired as national security advisor for not being forthcoming on his contacts with Russians.
They wanted me to finish my job in terms of this investigation and get the truth out about Russia, but, two, they were very concerned about the kind of divisiveness that the president seems to tweet out on a regular basis.
I saw a part (INAUDIBLE) valley, very heavily Republican area where Democratic candidates did better than they've done in decades.
Virginia was a great victory. Not only did we win the governor's race, a clean sweep of all of our statewide elected officials, but we also picked up 16 seats in our 100-member House of Delegates.
I think there was a real pushback against the kind of policies that were -- have been advocated, the divisive policies advocated by the president that the Republican candidates embraced in whole.
So now we're seeing the Russian activities roughly at 150 million-plus Americans, without knowing how many times they were re-shared.
Yes, we are looking and have looked at every possible indication of Russian activity in the 2016 election, and the investigation continues.
I have more than a little bit of frustration that many of us on this Committee have been raising this issue since the beginning of this year.
I partnered with Senators Klobuchar and McCain on what I believe is the most light-touch legislative approach.
There is no exception to the disclosure as it relates to foreign money used to influence U.S. elections.
What is even more troubling is the likelihood that these platforms are still being used today to spread lies, provoke conflict and drive Americans apart.
We announced last week a series of ad transparency steps, drawing on the ideas in the Honest Ads Act that Senator Warner talked about earlier.
I find very interesting, there have been some people who have said, 'Well, people should be able spot these fake accounts.'
Candidly, your companies know more about Americans in many ways than the United States government does.
Will you commit to continue to work with this Committee to provide additional information and additional documents as needed?
I'll say it again: agents of a hostile foreign power reached into the United States, using our own social media platforms, and conducted an information operation intended to divide our society along issues like race, immigration and Second…





