These are three very, very different communities with very different needs and challenges right now. Why are we trying to put them all into one straitjacket? Don't we really trust the local officials? And, more importantly, are you telling…

I think the political correctness here is not about profiling. It is a reluctance to acknowledge that this problem actually exists, to confront it, and ultimately then to defeat it.

This radicalization process is a very, very complicated process. Not everybody fits into a nice box.

Well, I think Shannen's story is probably very accurate.

The political correctness here is not about profiling. It is a reluctance to acknowledge that this problem actually exists to confront it and ultimately then to defeat it.

I think Shannen's story is probably very accurate. One of the things that's really struck me...is that people are saying that, wow, this is brand new.

I think that's exactly right. And I think that's why it would have been very appropriate, number one, for them to keep information classified, rather than leaking it.

the shootings are a tragic reminder of the potential deadly consequences of the threat posed by homegrown jihadism and the failure of the government to adequately respond to it.

I think that's why it would have been very appropriate, number one, for them to keep information classified rather than leaking it.

I do believe that there's indications here that this is more of an act of terrorism than just a criminal act or someone cracking.

Their responsibility is to keep Congress fully and currently informed. And they failed to do that.

A tragic reminder of the potential deadly consequences that's the threat posed by homegrown Jihadism and the failure of the government to adequately respond to it.

I rise in support of Congressman Wolf's privileged resolution on cyber security to salute him for his efforts to educate this House and the American public about the growing threat to U.S. commerce, our national security, and the privacy…

What is this Congress thinking? Some of my colleagues are scaring the American people into believing that the men and women in the intelligence community are spying on them. In reality, our intelligence professionals are focused solely on…

Mr. Speaker, this bill is just the latest example of the complete and utter failure of the Democratic leadership in the House to give the intelligence community the tools that it needs to protect the American people and our allies from…

The Detainee Treatment Act outlaws cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment. There seems to be a sense of urgency to do what we have done and do it again. It is too bad that there is no sense of urgency to give our individuals in the…

Again, the debate is about a bill that the President has outlined in his veto statement is deeply flawed, deeply flawed in the content of what is in the bill as to what it directs the President to do and the limitations that it places on…

I applaud my colleagues for speaking with such passion. I wish they had the same passion for addressing the tools that the leadership in the intelligence community have said that they have needed, that our intelligence professionals who…

The Detainee Treatment Act, 2005, prohibits cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment, the standard found in the convention against torture. It applies to anyone held by U.S. authorities. We have dealt with that issue. We dealt with it in…

That's exactly right. The individuals in our government. This was never the administration's program. It was never the President Bush program. This was always the American Government's program, because the administration identified what we…

you know it's a good day today where we have the opportunity to go back and reauthorize the Corporation for National and Community Service. This is a program that 15 years ago is a program that I supported, and I'm glad that this Congress…

We might have. But the key thing here is if these are new terrorist groups that we didn't know about before, guess what? And our allies, the Israelis, got meaningful intelligence about this group. The law on surveillance would be the law…

As I said, as we deal with this bill, 18 days is a long time, yet the leadership of this House still has done nothing to appoint conferees on the Senate bill to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which passed the Senate…

Thank you. That is exactly what I am talking about. I thank my colleague for pointing that out. And as we have said, your words were that this is a national security issue and it is imperative that we deal with it. The majority leader's…

Thank you. Again, getting back to the point, the chairman has talked about energy security being tied to national security. This motion to recommit will do more to secure our energy independence and will do more to protect our energy…