Keith Ellison

Make no mistake, every tax cut for a millionaire is an education cut for America's children.

The People's Budget is based on the values of fiscal soundness, fairness, and shared contribution.

America also cannot afford to corporate welfare for the oil and gas industry.

This is far short of what we need to enhance American competitiveness.

It's time for these funds to go to middle class families, small businesses, and to repairing our nation's infrastructure.

Our budget must rebuild our economy so that it works for everyone, not just the privileged few.

the people's budget, which we do intend to submit, is based on the values of fiscal soundness, fairness, and shared contribution.

Donald Payne gave me a new and unique perspective on suffering in Darfur.

As Members of Congress, we have a public duty, and our responsibility is to pursue the public interest.

Revitalizing public housing is an important topic for this committee to address, especially when the poverty rate continues to rise.

This budget shortfall will make it harder, not easier, for the SEC to do its job and to implement important reforms in Dodd-Frank.

Continuing to single out a religious or racial minority is no way to keep America safe.

Violent extremism is indeed a serious concern to all Americans, and is the legitimate business of this committee.

Imagine a Congressional hearing entitled 'The Threat of Black Radicalization in U.S. Prisons.'

The very title of this hearing presumes that 'Muslim Americans' en masse are radicalized in U.S. prisons and pose a threat.

It is a challenge to protect both security and liberty, but Congressman Thompson seems to strike the right balance.

The hearing is unjust and un-American.

Violent extremism is a serious concern to all Americans and is the legitimate business of this committee.

If you put every single Muslim in the U.S. in jail, it wouldn't have stopped Jared Loughner . . . It wouldn't have stopped the young man who killed his classmates at Virginia Tech.

If the upcoming hearings are isolated to Muslims only, we would ask other Members of Congress to initiate and complete a thorough investigation of all domestic terrorist groups regardless of race, religion, and color.

Racial profiling doesn't work for identifying terrorists. Extremist behavior is not isolated to individuals of a particular religion or race.

Violent radicalization and domestic terrorism are very serious issues that must be understood and addressed by Congress.

Any analysis of violent radicalization that is based upon stereotypes and generalizations regarding a particular ethnic group is, by definition, a flawed approach to this important issue.

Committee hearings that target a particular religious minority are counterproductive because they undermine trust between the Government and the affected community.

This committee's approach to this particular subject, I believe, is contrary to the best of American values and threatens our security.