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We can afford to do that for the elections. >> are you confident the system is safe? >> more confident than in the past but this is going to be forever, a joint activity. >> no matter how sophisticated the defenses are, there are hackers that can find a way around it. >> are you confident we are better off today than we were two years ago? >> i believe we are. >> we were not for the confidence of our foundation of our framers. we take it seriously and we will work hard to make sure we have good elections. >> reporter: election bills in the senate include the election security act, defense elec...

In the way of a number of similar measures aimed at strengthening election systems by refusing to even allow a vote on them. there was senator ron wyden's payback, then congressman john sarbane's election security act, senator marco rubio's deter act and senator langford's deter election act. each of these bills are stuck in limbo and senate leader mitch mcconnell won't say way. the reason isn't that our country doesn't need them. since the 2016 presidential election, intelligence officials have warned repeatedly that foreign interference in future u.s. elections is bound to happen again. and ...

But election experts would say it's a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed and i think election experts would agree that probably some sort of federal response could help on that. do i think it's likely? i think it's probably a long shot. we do have an appropriations bill coming down the pike that is probably the most likely place for something to land. mcconnell's made it pretty clear, it's not going to happen separate from that process. eric: there's at least three bills. there's the secure elections act, election security act and defending elections from foreign interference. mr. mc...