The fact that the only person in effect official Washington that continues to deny this threat is the President of the United States... is very concerning.

Absolutely. We have a 100 percent agreement from the whole intelligence community.

Russia's interference in our elections in 2016 I believe was a watershed moment in our political history.

The one individual in America that still seems to not accept this basic fact is the president of the United States.

I was disappointed it took the administration so long to act.

Oh I'm very concerned. I've seen these press reports, but I think I owe it to CIA Director Pompeo and other officials of the CIA to ask them directly about the truth of those reports before I take a position.

21 states is almost half the country.

I hope that that action sends a strong message to Mr. Putin that there will be a heavy price to pay for attacks against the fundamental core of our democratic system.

I do not believe our country is made safer by holding this information back from the American public.

I would like us to get more information.

I find that stunning.

I urged DHS to work closely with State and local election officials to disclose publicly--and I emphasize, publicly--which states were targeted.

I strongly believe that the threat requires us to harden our cyber defenses and to thoroughly educate the American public about the danger.

Without firing a shot and at minimal cost, Russia sowed chaos in our political system and undermined faith in our democratic process.

we are only as strong as our weakest link.

I think we need a re-examination of this policy.

I find it totally unacceptable, one, that the public doesn't know, that local elected officials--local election officials don't know.

I'm deeply concerned about the danger posed by future interference in our elections and attempts by Russia to undermine confidence in our whole electoral system.

first of all, I wish to thank my friend, the Senator from Florida, for his comments. There is no one in this body who is more familiar with and more knowledgeable about our space programs than is Senator Nelson. I also want to associate…

I'm hopeful that members will focus their questions today on the Russia investigation, and not squander the opportunity by taking political or partisan shots.

I would hope that you would agree that, since you've recused yourself from this investigation, that if the President or others would pardon someone during the midst of this investigation, our investigation or Director Mueller's…

There was no fresh start. Suddenly, we're in the midst of the investigation, and with timing that seems a little peculiar, what kind of at least to me was out of the blue, the President fires the FBI director.

The committee has made much progress as the political winds blow forcefully around us.

I particularly appreciate your last comments with Senator McCain about the seriousness of this threat.

You're in a meeting and your direct superior the attorney general was in there as well, yet the president asked everyone to leave, including the attorney general to leave, before he brought up the matter of General Flynn.