; Whereas, on May 16, 2018, Richard M. Burr, the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated There is no doubt that Russia undertook an unprecedented effort to interfere with our 2016 elections ; Whereas, on March 22, 2018, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives issued the Report on Russian Active Measures which states, In 2015, Russia began engaging in a covert influence campaign aimed at the U.S. Presidential election. . The report goes on to state, Russia conducted cyberattacks on U.S. political institutions in 2015–2016 and Russian-state actors and third-party intermediaries were responsible for the dissemination of documents and communications stolen from U.S. political organizations . The report also found that Russian intelligence leveraged social media in an attempt to sow social discord and to undermine the U.S. electoral process ; Whereas, on June 8, 2018, then-Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, publicly stated that Russia conducted an unprecedented influence campaign to interfere in the U.S. electoral and political process ; Whereas, on July 16, 2018, then-Speaker of the House, Paul D. Ryan, said that there is no question that Russia interfered in our election and continues attempts to undermine democracy ; Whereas, on July 18, 2018, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher A. Wray, asserted, as I have said consistently, Russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day