[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, inaction from this House leaves us open to 
Russian cyber attacks against our democracy, and the numbers tell the 
story.
  Sixteen months since Russians attacked, this House stands mute. 
Eleven months since all four major U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed 
Putin's direct involvement, and we have done nothing.
  Eight Russians and Trump advisers met to discuss illegal Russian 
Government assistance to the Trump campaign, 3 hours of face-to-face 
meetings between President Trump and Putin, one of those hours with 
absolutely no accountability to the American people, and 98 out of 100 
Senators voted in favor of new Russian sanctions 34 days ago.
  And finally zero. Zero action from this House to fight back. Zero 
show of bipartisanship that mirrors our Senate counterparts. Zero votes 
on the House floor to send the sanctions bill to the President.
  Mr. Speaker, if you allow us to vote on this bill, it will pass with 
overwhelming bipartisan support. And if you do not allow us to get 
Russia sanctions to the President's desk and put the pressure on him to 
sign it, you and the rest of this majority in the House will carry the 
weight of our failure to stand up to Russia back to your districts in 
August, and no one will understand how it is that you show weakness 
when it is strength that is required in the face of Russian aggression. 
That is what America expects and deserves.

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