The United States is a Nation of laws, which gives us the freedom to agree and most importantly disagree with not only each other, but with our Government.

What would be the plight of the Nation without addressing these particular elements directly?

They can't sit idly by. They can't be leaning and giving indication of one group over the other, particularly groups like Boogaloo and Proud Boys, over peaceful protesters.

If we don't do something to address the spread of this material on-line, the rise of these movements... we are going to see more rise in hate crimes.

I feel strongly that the Government needs to bring some oversight to the on-line space to sort-of pressure the companies to be better on this front.

There is a path forward, but it is not through violent insurrection.

I thank you so very much, Mr. Chairman. I am out in the field. I am sorry that--I hope you can hear me and see me.

The Black Lives Matter movement is a civil rights movement. It is a generational movement that has drawn the attention of the Nation.

It is clear that there is a massive intersection here between protecting our law enforcement officials, protecting the sincere rights of millions of people to be heard as they call for racial justice in this country, and protecting the…

Over the last month I have raised concerns over the role that Boogaloo and Proud Boys have played in bringing an element of violence into the otherwise peaceful protests following the death of George Floyd.

I offered a Jackson Lee Amendment establishing an 'Exigent Circumstances Fitness Determination Review' process for this bill.

There is a limit to the expression of free speech and the freedom to assemble and that limit is violence.

So it would be your view that minimally, a Nation as powerful, as rich as the United States, could recognize the importance of those nuances and have a system in place that would deal with pediatric issues or children who are in…

Making sure that our immigration policies in word and deed reflect the best of our Nation's values and institutions;

The Department of Homeland Security was not created to protect the Nation from desperate people escaping violence and poverty, seeking asylum in our country.

I just want to put on the record my question about the Veterans Administration because I don't think I was--they are backlogged.

They are having problems, but I will continue on.

We are in the most desperate moments of our tenure, or our time, as a city and as a region.