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Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, critiqued Nielsen's opening statement, which described a series of efforts the department had already announced.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I hear no sense of urgency to really get on top of this issue,\" Collins said. \u003cbr/\u003e              To speed up communications and intelligence sharing, the department has been working to grant security clearances to up to three election officials in each state. \u003cbr/\u003e              Communication and intelligence sharing by the federal government has been a key concern among state and local election officials. Those officials complained that it took the federal government nearly a year to inform them whether their states had been targeted by Russian hackers.\u003cbr/\u003e              Collins, who has introduced legislation with other members of the committee to improve election cybersecurity, also pressed Johnson, asking if he should have issued stronger warnings in 2016 as it became clear that Russians were trying to intrude into the systems.\u003cbr/\u003e              Johnson defended the way he alerted state and local election officials, noting that in the late summer and fall of 2016 he was repeatedly issuing public warnings for those officials to get cybersecurity assistance from the department.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We were beating the drum pretty hard,\" Johnson said.\u003cbr/\u003e              The hearing follows a Tuesday news conference in which committee members from both parties said government efforts to protect state and local elections from Russian cyberattacks haven't gone far enough.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              POOL\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 21 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              1.  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen walks into Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing \u003cbr/\u003e              2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Mark Warner, (D) Virginia: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"The threat is real. The need to act is urgent. We need the administration to accelerate its efforts. Perhaps most of all we need a president who will acknowledge the gravity of this threat and lead a whole of society effort to harden our defenses and innoculate our society against Russia's malicious interference. The fact that the president did not even bring up the topic of our election security when he called Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his victory in a pre-cooked election, I believe, is extremely troubling.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Various of lawmakers greeting Nielsen and Jeh Johnson \u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security Secretary: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's very important that everyone at senior levels understands the threat and is briefed in.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Martin Heinrich, (D) New Mexico: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Would it help if the if the president were to simply acknowledge that this happened in 2016.?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security Secretary: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Yes sir. I think he has said that it's happened. What -- the line that he's drawing is that no votes were changed. That doesn't mean there's not a threat. It doesn't mean we need to more to prepare.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Various of hearing \u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeh Johnson, Former Homeland Security Secretary: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We were beating the drum pretty hard, beginning with a conference call I had with every state, secretary of state, on August 15th and the good news is that by Election Day, 33 states actually came in and sought our cybersecurity assistance in 36 cities and counties came in and sought our cyber security assistance.  \u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of hearing \u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Susan Collins, (R) Maine: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"At this point, we know for certain that the Russians were relentless in their efforts and also that those efforts are ongoing. And yet when I listened to your testimony, I hear no sense of urgency to really get on top of this issue.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              9. Various of hearing\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security Secretary: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Not only is this of extreme urgency to the Department, but as you know we're expending not only extraordinary resources to provide any support at the request of states, but we are prioritizing election efforts and risk and vulnerability assessments for our partners and state and locals over all other critical infrastructure sectors.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Various of hearing\u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Joe Manchin, (D) West Virginia:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Do you think that we have deterred Russia from continuing their operations as far as trying to infiltrate our election system for the 2010 election?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeh Johnson, Former Homeland Security Secretary: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"No, we have not, based on the testimony in this room last month from our intelligence chiefs.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Joe Manchin, (D) West Virginia:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So we're facing the same if not worse?\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeh Johnson, Former Homeland Security Secretary: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Correct. Yes, sir.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Joe Manchin, (D) West Virginia:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Secretary Nielsen?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security Secretary: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Yes, there's no reason to believe they will not attempt again.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              12. 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