Transcripts For CSPAN Weekly Democratic Address 20170715 : v

Election, and this week in donald trump jr. s emails, we saw the first public evidence that the Trump Campaign intended to collude with russia. This shocking new evidence raises even greater questions about russias success infiltrating the election systems in 21 states and stealing voting records containing personal information. All of this has damaged democracyfaith in our and our confidence in the security of our voting systems. In fact, just this week one poll found one in four respondents reported 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 the truth about russias ofdling and the full extent the Truck Campaign fell complicity. We must also take actions to enhance our election infrastructure next time. That is why we launched the committee on election congressional house or Senate Election security, which i am proud to cochair. Focusntral mission is to on the security of our election system ahead of the 2018 election. We will hear from experts in Cyber Security and identify actions that should be taken to ensure the integrity of our election systems and guard against future attacks. While elections are the exclusive responsibility of the states, the federal government has a responsibility to step up and help when needed. We have to protect the integrity of our election system. It should not be a partisan concern. We hope House Republicans will join us. Unfortunately, we have a president who shows no interest in preventing last years election interference from happening again. The department of homeland overwhelminglso our election infrastructure to the designated as part of our critical infrastructure. Here in congress, Republican Leaders have displayed no appetite to tackle this critical Homeland Security issue. , wee continue to do nothing make it easier for russia and other nefarious actors to meddle in future elections. We must but politics aside for the good of the country and Work Together on this and so many other important issues to the american people. I thank you for your attention and urge you to stay engaged. Demands your involvement. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Television Companies and is brought to you by your cable or set light provider. This weekend on book tv on championformer chess Garry Kasparov talks about his book the thinking, about the about deep thinking, the future of artificial intelligence. Machines have been taking over all sorts of manual labor. When machines take jobs from you name it manufacturing jobs. Thats natural. Now machines are coming after. Eople with College Degrees twitter accounts. And suddenly it is a big story. Hisnd jason riley discusses power and hisck argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. Have doneacks who well have done so with no political influence. Its not that you cant take the political route. You can. But chances are you are going to rise more slowly than taking other routes