U.S. State Attorneys General

Racial profiling doesn't work for identifying terrorists. Extremist behavior is not isolated to individuals of a particular religion or race.

If the upcoming hearings are isolated to Muslims only, we would ask other Members of Congress to initiate and complete a thorough investigation of all domestic terrorist groups regardless of race, religion, and color.

If you put every single Muslim in the U.S. in jail, it wouldn't have stopped Jared Loughner . . . It wouldn't have stopped the young man who killed his classmates at Virginia Tech.

This committee's approach to this particular subject, I believe, is contrary to the best of American values and threatens our security.

Violent extremism is a serious concern to all Americans and is the legitimate business of this committee.

It is a challenge to protect both security and liberty, but Congressman Thompson seems to strike the right balance.

The hearing is unjust and un-American.

This (INAUDIBLE) bravely sacrificed his life to try to help others on 9/11. After the tragedy, some people tried to smear his character solely because of his Islamic faith. Some people spread false rumors and speculated that he was in…

As much as I appreciate Mr. Clinton's leadership, it takes two to tango, especially when it comes to a budget.

Under the Constitution, is it not the Congress' job to control the purse strings? To create and pass a budget is one of our core constitutional duties.

To say that what we are dealing with here in terms of a $14 trillion debt... is somehow the fault of the last administration, that is her words, is ridiculous.

Every dollar we spend on quality early learning really comes back to us many times fold, up to $17 worth.

I think that there is a growing consensus around the idea of supporting quality early education.

If we underfund the core responsibilities of the EPA, which includes effectively enforcing our environmental laws, we not only undermine job creation, but we are also playing chicken with public health and safety in the future.

We should be putting programs like the SRF at the top of our priority list, and effectively funding the key responsibilities of agencies like yours.

No community can thrive or even survive without clean water and efficient wastewater management systems.

So is the area of coverage one of the ways that you are going to allocate scarce resources?

I think it is a real challenge to really recreate a robust shipbuilding industry in our country.

Shipping and maritime safety and security are of vital importance to the economy and livelihood of Hawaii's people.

One, discretionary spending in this country has increased 38 percent in the last 4 years, 38 percent. Has Americans' spending increased 38 percent? Has Americans' income increased 38 percent? No. All this amendment does is it asks the…

The greatest threat to the national security of this country today is our debt. The Secretary of Defense has said that. He has said certainly it is a national security threat, as has the Secretary of State. So we need to get this debt…

So discrimination based on preexisting conditions will now be prohibited.

Last year, they received $250 to support them from the Federal Government under the Act

A lot of our children who are adults who are having a hard time finding insurance are able to qualify for insurance through their parents health insurance policy