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issued the ‘‘Report on Russian Active Measures’’ which 
states, ‘‘In 2015, Russia began engaging in a covert in-
fluence campaign aimed at the U.S. Presidential elec-
tion.’’. 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 lever-
aged 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 Intel-
ligence, Dan Coats, publicly stated that ‘‘Russia con-
ducted 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 un-
dermine 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 influ-
ence operations to this day’’; 
Whereas, on July 25, 2019, the Senate Select Committee on 
Intelligence also issued a report on ‘‘Russian Active 
Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. 
Election’’, which stated that ‘‘The Russian Government 
directed extensive activity, beginning in at least 2014 and 
carrying into at least 2017, against U.S. election infra-
structure at the state and local level’’. The report also 
stated that ‘‘the Committee found that the IRA (Internet 
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Research Agency) sought to influence the 2016 U.S. 
Presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton’s 
chances of success and supporting Donald Trump at the 
direction of the Kremlin . . . the Committee found that 
IRA social media activity was overtly and almost invari-
ably supportive of then-candidate Trump, and to the det-
riment of Secretary Clinton’s campaign’’; 
Whereas, on February 2, 2017, Russian President Vladimir 
Putin said in a press conference with Hungarian Prime 
Minister Viktor Orban that ‘‘as we all know, during the 
Presidential campaign in the United States, the Ukrain-
ian Government adopted a unilateral position in favor of 
one candidate. More than that, certain oligarchs, cer-
tainly with the approval of the political leadership, fund-
ed this candidate, or female candidate, to be more pre-
cise.’’; 
Whereas, on November 13, 2019, when asked whether there 
was any factual basis to support the allegation that 
Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, 
George Kent, testified before the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, 
‘‘To my knowledge, there is no factual basis, no . . . I 
think it’s amply clear that Russian interference was at 
the heart of the interference in the 2016 election cycle.’’; 
Whereas, on November 15, 2019, when asked about allega-
tions that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 United States 
elections, former United States Ambassador to Ukraine 
Marie Yovanovitch testified before the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives, ‘‘the U.S. intelligence community has concluded 
that it was Russia.’’; 
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Whereas, on November 19, 2019, when asked about allega-
tions Ukraine interfered in the 2016 United States elec-
tions, National Security Council Director for European 
Affairs Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, testified 
before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives, ‘‘It is the consensus of the 
entire intelligence community that the Russians inter-
fered in the U.S. elections in 2016.’’; 
Whereas, on November 21, 2019, former National Security 
Council Senior Director for Europe and Russia, Fiona 
Hill testified before the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives, ‘‘Based on 
questions and statements I have heard, some of you on 
this Committee appear to believe that Russia and its se-
curity services did not conduct a campaign against our 
country—and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, 
Ukraine did. This is a fictional narrative that has been 
perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security serv-
ices themselves.’’; and 
Whereas, on December 9, 2019, Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, Christopher A. Wray stated, ‘‘We 
have no information that indicates that Ukraine inter-
fered with the 2016 Presidential election.’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the conclusions of United States 
intelligence agencies that the government of Russian 
President Vladimir Putin, and not the Government 
of Ukraine interfered in the 2016 United States 
Presidential elections; 
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(2) recognizes that disinformation campaigns 
run by Russian intelligence operatives have aimed to 
shift blame for interference in the 2016 elections 
from Russia to Ukraine; 
(3) condemns ongoing Russian disinformation 
campaigns and efforts to undermine freedom, de-
mocracy, the rule of law, and free and fair elections; 
(4) recognizes that Ukraine is at the front lines 
of combating Russian military aggression and ma-
lign political influence; and 
(5) reaffirms its support for the government 
and people of Ukraine in their fight against Russian 
aggression and interference. 
Æ 
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