Luján Statement on Comey Testimony before Senate

Statement

Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today released the following statement after former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee today:

"I think the big news out of today's hearing goes far beyond what the President or Jim Comey said -- though those things are obviously important too.

I think former Director Comey got it exactly right when he said that any time a foreign government uses hacking, propaganda and other methods to shape the way Americans think, the way we vote, the way we act, it is a very serious matter.

As Mr. Comey said, Russia feels threatened by our system of government, by democracy itself. They have attacked our country through these counterespionage efforts and dirty tricks in the past and they will continue to try to run America down and dirty up the waters as much as possible. That is not acceptable.

We must understand what the Russians did, how they did it, whether any Americans helped them -- unwittingly or intentionally -- and how we can stop it from happening again.

If the President and his team had a role we need to understand that as well, but we should not, and cannot, take our eye off the very serious threat of a hostile foreign government trying to undermine and attack our democracy."

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