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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the Islamic Republic of Iran is identified as both the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism and a country of primary money laundering concern by the United…

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Chair, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Poliquin), the author of the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act and a real leader in our committee and in this Congress in the fight against terrorist financing.

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time remains? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from California has 7 minutes remaining.

Congressional Record · 2016-09-21
Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. I cannot imagine what the American people who are tuning in to C-SPAN must think. They must think that when they hear our friends on the other side of the aisle, that they have tuned in…

Congressional Record · 2016-09-21
Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

We need to transition to countering violent Islamism because that is what they call themselves.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

So when you hear that in America this attempt to invoke blasphemy laws, it is actually doing the bidding of the elephant in the room.

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2016

It is disappointing that the Financial Stability Oversight Council has delivered the equivalent of a summer rerun.

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2016

The most scandalous omission remains FSOC's conspiracy of silence regarding the existential threat posed by America's unsustainable national debt.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

I am not going to say that Daesh is Islamic. There is neither a State, nor they are Islamic.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

The reason this whack-a-mole program continues is because we have not been engaging in true reform for the separation of mosque and State.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

I have been to Islamic Society of North America organizations. I think that they are an excellent group.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

We cannot allow people to silence facts just because the facts do not fit their preferred narrative.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

We should be trying to expand our friendships and isolate our enemies.

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), who is the chairman of the Terrorism Financing Task Force in our Financial Services Committee and a real leader in this area.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

I get calls and e-mails all the time from communities saying ISIL, Daesh, or some other terrorist organization does not represent our religion, our community, or our faith.

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Peter King
@peterking· Republican · NY· Sep 21, 2016

That is not a slippery slope to defining or destroying the Second Amendment of the United States.

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