[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       GUARDING AGAINST FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN FUTURE ELECTIONS

  (Mr. CONNOLLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, on October 7, 2016, the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence on Election Security released a joint statement saying: 
``The U.S. Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian 
Government directed the recent compromises of emails from U.S. persons 
and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations.''
  The U.S. Intelligence Community went on to explicitly state that 
``these thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. 
election process . . . only Russia's senior-most officials could have 
authorized these activities.''
  Despite this certification, the majority in this body has 
demonstrated zero interest in examining the unprecedented attack on one 
of our most cherished institutions, democratic free elections.
  I am here today to plead with the majority to take an interest, not 
because I seek to undermine the results of the recent Presidential 
election. That is not my intention. Rather, it is my sincere hope that 
we understand the nature of the foreign interference and how to guard 
against it in all future elections.

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