Congressman, at the beginning of the hearing you said, rightly, that we haven't suffered another 9/11-scale-style attack in the United States and we can all be, of course, thankful...
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this is the logic of this ban, it doesn't make sense.
the idea that it should be zeroed out, it doesn't make sense because sometimes it is misspent.
I think, in the long term, is a terrible idea.
I think the Pentagon itself is going to push back on some of this.
But just saying anybody from these countries is a potential terrorist, I think, is overdoing it.
The radicalization of our own people through the internet is an extreme problem that needs more robust defenses.
I think in only three of those countries, we even have embassies. So, to me, that was the logic that went into those seven.
So at the same time that I believe trusting relationships with the people who live here are extremely important, it is also very important t...
We must have an aggressive, long-term strategy for addressing Islamic terrorist threat abroad and in the homeland.