this healthcare nightmare. we are so close. the legislation working its way through congress provides the choice and control people want, the affordability they need, and the quality they deserve in healthcare. it's a common-sense approach that restores the sacred doctor-patient relationship. and you are going to finally have great healthcare at a lower price. thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. hello, i'm congressman bennie thompson. i represent mississippi, the second congressional district. nearly everyone outside the white accept

this shocking new evidence places even graver questions of infiltratingess the election systems in 21 states and stealing voting records containing personal information. all of this has damaged america's faith in our democracy and complements the security of our systems. in fact just this week one poll found one in four respondents reported that they may not vote in the next election because of cyber security concerns. this is not acceptable. congress must act and act immediately. we must get the truth of russia's meddling in the full extent of the camp in complicity. we must also take action to

protect our elections and our election infrastructure next time. lawnis why house democrats -- launched the congressional tax -- congressional task force. this task force's central mission is to focus on how to bolster the cyber security of our election system ahead of the 2018 election. and election infrastructure. identify actions that should be taken to help insure the integrity of our election systems and guard against future attacks. while elections are the exclusive responsibilities of the state, the federal government has a responsibility to step up and help where needed.

to prevent the russians or other theact into hearing area integrity of our election system should not be a partisan concern. we hope house republicans will join us. nohave a president who shows interest in preventing last year's election interference from happening again. the department of homeland security is wavering whether our election infrastructure should he designated part of our countries critical infrastructure. in congress republican leaders have displayed no appetite to tackle this critical homeland security issue. they, wetinue to do make it easy for russia and other nefarious actors to meddle in future elections. put politics aside for the good of the country and work together on this and so many

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