Mike Johnson

That is alarming, and it should be obviously unlawful.

We obviously recognize that parents have a natural and fundamental right to the upbringing of their children.

We are conservatives. We are limited government conservatives, right?

The last time I checked, it was still illegal under Federal law to use FDA approved pharmaceuticals for an underapproved, or off label use and yet we are seeing that very commonly in this field.

Does it concern you as it does us that some pharmaceuticals are being used to chemically mutilate some children today that were never explicitly approved for that purpose by the FDA?

That is very well said. In seven seconds, I can't do any justice to any of you asking another question.

To my knowledge, there is currently no effort underway by the FDA to explicitly approve these pharmaceuticals for a child for these purposes.

What you have just heard there is a little sample of barbarism. This is the mutilation of children, and it should be prohibited by our law.

No parent has a Constitutional right to injure their children.

To the left, these aren't your children, see. They are the State's children, and the State should be making the parenting decisions.

This so-called 'gender-affirming care' is anything but affirming and caring, and the language matters.

You've led a distinguished career starting out with clerking for a Federal District Court Judge.

What I'm concerned about is this Committee and dystopian Disinformation Governance Board and put Nina Jankowicz in charge of for about three weeks, until the public blew their tops over that, and you--that suddenly disappeared and she…

So, you had no idea what the Misinformation and Disinformation Committee was doing during that period?

Your agency is involved in the greatest coverup of free speech in U.S. history.

Did you or anyone working for you work with the social media companies prior to the 2022 election to pull things off the internet, suppress things off the internet, that your folks determined to be false or misinformation?

Isn't it correct, as we heard--I've been to the border three times. The folks down there suggest that the cartels are extracting between $3-$5 thousand, maybe more, per person that presents illegally at the border.

If I go back home to all my constituents, as I'm going to be doing this Friday--and I'm going to be talking to them on Monday at a Chamber of Commerce meeting--guess what? They're outraged about the things I mentioned earlier.

Don't you think that, politically at least, a secure border is an essential prerequisite to any comprehensive solution?

That speaks for the American people.

This is such a frustrating exercise for us because our constituents want answers.

I think you're the most dishonest witness that has ever appeared before the Judiciary Committee.

I am suggesting to you that you are saying things to us under oath that are proven by the record to be untrue.

The court found otherwise. It is really curious to me--actually it is quite alarming that you haven't read the opinion because your agency is listed in this opinion.

I have to be honest and tell you I am not sure exactly what you do at the Department of Homeland Security other than great harm.