{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-backs-bipartisan-probe-into-russian-cyberthreats", "Reed Backs Bipartisan Probe into Russian Cyberthreats", "2016-12-09", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Jack Reed", "R000122", "www.reed.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12/09/2016\u00a0\u2014\u00a0WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, after the White House announced that President Barack Obama has ordered a full review into Russian hacking to potentially influence the 2016 U.S. election, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says the committee plans to hold a bipartisan inquiry next year into Russia\u2019s cyberthreats to the military and other institutions and could help shed light on suspected Russia interference in the 2016 U.S. election cycle.\r\n\u201cI am pleased the President is carefully reviewing this matter.\u00a0 We shouldn\u2019t allow any attack on our democratic system to go unchecked.\u00a0 The American people deserve to know whether outside forces were working to undermine our electoral system or influence voters, and I hope the results of this review may be made public without jeopardizing intelligence sources or methods,\u201d said Reed, who sent a letter to President Obama last month calling for the President to declassify and release more information about Russia\u2019s involvement in the U.S. election.\u00a0 In addition to Reed, the letter was signed by six other U.S. Senators who serve on the Intelligence Committee.\r\n\u201cCyber security is critical to national security and there are a range of serious cyber challenges that must be addressed,\u201d said Reed, who commended Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) for his willingness to tackle the issue in a bipartisan manner. \u201cI hope we can have a productive, bipartisan examination of cyberthreats to our military, and shed some light on what role outside forces may have played in terms of interfering with the American political process.\u201d\r\nOther Senate committees, including the Foreign Relations Committee, have also expressed interest in holding hearings next year into alleged Russian hacking.\u00a0\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-backs-bipartisan-probe-into-russian-cyberthreats"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1910660434514284, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}