sanctions, passed by congress. only when he was forced to. and he delayed that measure at the same time. and oh, by the way, he s called it a hoax and witch hunt, has to be great news for vladimir putin. you talked about looking back. look forward, four months from the mid term election. the president says he is not worried about russian meddling, the country will counter act whatever potentially russia does. what s your degree of concern? yeah, he s doing absolutely nothing toward that end, beginning with the fact that he is in denial about the process as a whole. after the bush gore fiasco, this country spent $3.5 billion on new election equipment. why? because that process is so important to our democracy. last year i was able to secure about $380 million on the house side to provide election security grants. i have been sounding the alarm