The head of U.S. European Command said Thursday that the U.S. government does not have an effective unified effort to confront cyber threats from Russia.

“I don't believe there's an effective unification across the interagency with the energy and the focus that we could attain,” Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Scaparrotti, who is also the supreme allied commander of NATO, had been asked by the committee’s top Democrat Sen. Jack Reed John (Jack) Francis ReedWhen 'Buy American' and common sense collide Hillicon Valley: Russia 'amplifying' concerns around mail-in voting to undermine election | Facebook and Twitter take steps to limit Trump remarks on voting | Facebook to block political ads ahead of election Top Democrats press Trump to sanction Russian individuals over 2020 election interference efforts MORE (R.I.) how he would assess the country’s “whole-of-government response” to confront Russia’s cyber threat.

The general also said that the Pentagon is trying to map out the scope of Russian cyber activity, but so far does not have a full picture of the activity.

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“We’re getting better understanding of it,” he said. “I would not characterize it as a - as a good picture at this point, not satisfactory to me."

Reed also asked Scaparrotti whether he has noticed Russia directly targeting the United States with cyber and information warfare.

Scaparrotti replied that he had seen Russian activity related to “infrastructure, reconnaissance, et cetera within the United States,” but would not offer further details.

U.S. intelligence agencies have found that Moscow sought to influence the 2016 presidential election by hacking and using social media to spread false or misleading information, something Russia denies.

Trump administration officials are now warning that Russia is trying to interfere in the midterm elections later this year.

During the Senate hearing Thursday, Sen. Ben Sasse Benjamin (Ben) Eric SasseChamber of Commerce endorses McSally for reelection Ben Sasse is mistaken with idea for the election of senators in America Big Ten football to return in October MORE (R-Neb.) called out the Trump administration for failing to address Russian cyber threats.

“You and your colleagues end up taking a lot of the beating for what is really a failure of political leadership in both the legislative and executive branches and both parties,” Sasse told Scaparrotti.

“In the current moment with Russian attacks, the current administration has no real response. The legislature is not nearly serious ... enough about this issue.”

Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day McConnell urges GOP senators to 'keep your powder dry' on Supreme Court vacancy McSally says current Senate should vote on Trump nominee MORE (R-Ariz.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services panel who is in his home state for brain cancer treatment, issued a statement during the hearing saying that Russia’s “interference in democracies near and far is designed to undermine our confidence in our own institutions.”

“If we continue to allow Russian provocation—from its invasion of Ukraine to its development anti-access/area denial capabilities in Kaliningrad to its violation of the INF Treaty to its interference in elections—to go unanswered, we are teaching Mr. Putin a very dangerous lesson,” McCain said.