MR. PRESIDENT, I WANTED TO MENTION ANOTHER COMPLETELY SEPARATE ISSUE AS WE DEBATE THE NDAA, WHICH IS THE ISSUE OF THE SECURE ELECTIONS ACT THAT SENATOR LANKFORD AND I HAVE PUT ON AS AN AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL, AND I JUST REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE ARE APPROACHING A DIFFERENT KIND OF WARFARE, AND THAT IS CYBER WARFARE, AND IT IS CERTAINLY WHAT WE SAW DURING THE LAST ELECTION, BUT WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE AREA OF BUSINESS AND IN TAX ON OUR -- SOME OF OUR MAJOR BUSINESSES IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AND, OF COURSE, WE'VE SEEN IT ON ELECTIONS AS WELL WITH RUSSIA ATTEMPTING TO HACK INTO 21 STATES' ELECTION SYSTEMS. WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS MAKE IT EASIER FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO GET THE INFORMATION IN REAM TIME WHEN HACKS ARE GOING ON IN OTHER STATES THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT AND HAVE THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THEY NEED BY GETTING THE SECURITY CLEARANCE THEY NEED TO PROTECT THEIR OWN ELECTION SYSTEM. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ON THIS, AND SENATOR BURR AND SENATOR WARNER, THE HEADS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SUPPORT THIS BILL. I ALSO THANK SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM AND SENATOR HARRIS WHO WORKED WITH US ON THIS BILL. WE ARE WORKING TO GET IT ON WITH THE DEFENSE ACT, KNOWING THAT WAR IS NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, AND OUR LAWS NEED TO BE SOPHISTICATED. THE PROTECTION OF OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO BE AS SOPHISTICATED AS THOSE TRYING TO DO US HARM. WE'RE HOPEFUL WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THIS GIVEN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HAS HELD ENORMOUS HEARINGS ABOUT ELECTION SECURITY AS HAS HOMELAND SECURITY AS HAS JUDICIARY.