[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 119 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        INDICTMENT OF 12 RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller 
handed down the most significant hacking indictment targeting a foreign 
power in history. Director Mueller alleges that 12 Russian military 
officers were responsible for breaking into political organizations, 
stealing sensitive documents, and disseminating them to undermine faith 
in American democracy. Friday's indictment will further shape the norms 
of responsible state behavior in cyberspace, and demonstrates our 
commitment to holding malicious actors accountable.
  Yet, today, Mr. Speaker, not 3 days later, President Trump said he 
didn't see any reason to think that Russia carried out the election 
meddling.
  Well, the President set it up as whether you believe U.S. 
intelligence and law enforcement agencies or Russia. However, this 
isn't a matter of belief, this is matter of fact; and the facts say the 
Russian government hacked us.
  I hope that the President will finally acknowledge this, and I pray 
that my Republican colleagues will hold him accountable if he doesn't. 
And I thank Director Mueller for his ongoing work.

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