Today, our National interests, namely standing with our major ally, Israel, increasingly puts us in the crosshairs of the extremist regime in Tehran.

I want to thank you for the job you have done and continue to do, especially, yes, for the 14 plots against New York that you have stopped.

I hope these hearings did not encourage a belief among Americans that their fellow citizens are inherently dangerous because of religious affiliation.

I had said in my opening statement that in conversations, which a number of you had with our staffs and also with other conversations you have had with people of the intelligence community, they have put the number at at least the hundreds…

I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle share that belief and remember the words of President Bush in the days after September 11.

The Honorable Peter T. King, a Representative in Congress From the State of New York, and Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security.

This is clearly within our jurisdiction and that is why I intend to proceed with the hearing and subsequent hearings if we have to.

I hope these hearings did not help provide a Congressional stamp of approval for groups that espouse anti-Muslim beliefs.

I hope that these hearings did not perpetuate the notion that the United States is at war with Islam.

The purpose of this hearing was to hear from the community. If the gentlelady is interested in getting classified information or security-based information, we have briefings all the time.

I lost more than 150 neighbors, friends, and constituents on September 11 and I never want it on my conscience that I didn't do all that I could to prevent another attack or that I caved in to political correctness.

The committee's hearings have represented a chance for U.S. Muslims to break out of the culture of denial and acknowledge the extremism in our community.

90 percent of the terrorist crimes are carried out by 1 percent of the population.

the leading threat to this country today comes from supporters of al-Qaeda. Supporters of al-Qaeda are Muslims.

The second, equally faulty assumption of these hearings is that someone who is particularly devout in his or her Islamic faith, as you have said, is well on the way to becoming a terrorist.

What we are saying is, that the leading terrorist threat today comes from certain people who are Muslims.

We have a significant fear that this focus will be lost if the Port Security Grant Program does not remain separate and fails to continue to evolve to meet emerging security needs.

the military relies on the abilities of the local first responders.

The trustee, Irving Picard, is out of control.

This is tragic, this is wrong.

Even Chairwoman Mary Shapiro expressed surprise at the initiation of the baseless lawsuits.

almost imminent threat posed by Hezbollah quite possibly to Jewish houses of worship and religious institutions.

If this crisis had not come about, would you have known--if the crisis did not become as critical as it did, would you have any knowledge at all of the funds--

the fact that $1.2 billion can be missing and not accounted for, the fact that at a time when every taxpayer is trying to account for every penny, we can have persons such as yourself, Governor Corzine, who made your reputation in this…

You have repeatedly said that you don't know where the missing funds are.