This committee cannot live in denial... There is no equivalency of threat between al-Qaeda and neo-Nazis.

To assume without evidence that everyone of a particular faith or ideology or political belief is a threat because of the actions of a few would betray American values and waste security resources.

We know Muslim Americans wish to be part of the solution to a range of problems including serious security concerns.

I think we should forget about our political affiliations and conditions and just take an opportunity and take advantage of Muslim families, American Muslim families coming forward, demonstrating to be heard what is happening in their…

Nobody hates me. I don't see Muslims hurting me. I see my own community hurting me. I want you to allow me to deal with that.

Chairman King's hearings will likely stoke Islamophobic sentiment, which has affected me and other Muslim-American colleagues.

Mr. King has not refuted his unfounded claim that over 80 percent of Muslim mosques are radicalized.

It is my desire to see multiple hearings... examining the role that Islamic doctrine plays in the radicalization process.

I am regularly astonished and outraged, outraged by this administration's continued failure to single out who our enemy is.

Chairman King's singling out a group of Americans based on their faith for close Government scrutiny is divisive and wrong.

We will steadfastly oppose any effort to examine, and thus cast official disapproval upon, any religious or political belief system.

The Government cannot and should not censure extremist ideology, in and of itself.

I thank the Ranking Member. Despite some of the consternation, this meeting actually went a lot easier than it could have.

As the United States Constitution is the law of this land, any attempt to subvert it amounts to sedition.

I don't believe you can judge one Muslim for the acts of another. You can't judge anybody for the acts of another.

We need to start creating new ideas--some call that heretical, I call it modernization--new ideas that separate those roles.

the further targeting of Muslim Americans as a result of this hearing will not only be ineffective in securing our Nation's safety, but will divert already scarce law enforcement resources away from real threats.

this is an enemy living among us.