Peter King

Nobody hates me. I don't see Muslims hurting me. I see my own community hurting me. I want you to allow me to deal with that.

I think we should forget about our political affiliations and conditions and just take an opportunity and take advantage of Muslim families, American Muslim families coming forward, demonstrating to be heard what is happening in their…

We will steadfastly oppose any effort to examine, and thus cast official disapproval upon, any religious or political belief system.

Violent action, on the other hand, whether in the name of ideology or otherwise, deserves the full-throated condemnation of the Government and its people.

The Government cannot and should not censure extremist ideology, in and of itself.

To assume without evidence that everyone of a particular faith or ideology or political belief is a threat because of the actions of a few would betray American values and waste security resources.

We know Muslim Americans wish to be part of the solution to a range of problems including serious security concerns.

Mr. King has not refuted his unfounded claim that over 80 percent of Muslim mosques are radicalized.

I thank the Ranking Member. Despite some of the consternation, this meeting actually went a lot easier than it could have.

It is my desire to see multiple hearings... examining the role that Islamic doctrine plays in the radicalization process.

As the United States Constitution is the law of this land, any attempt to subvert it amounts to sedition.

I am regularly astonished and outraged, outraged by this administration's continued failure to single out who our enemy is.

I don't believe you can judge one Muslim for the acts of another. You can't judge anybody for the acts of another.

We need to start creating new ideas--some call that heretical, I call it modernization--new ideas that separate those roles.

People don't come to this country by and large to create havoc; they come here because they thirst for freedom.

In this Nation, we have not only a Christian-Judeo tradition, we have a Christian-Judeo-Islamic tradition in this Nation.

I think we have to realize when we look at groups like CAIR, I believe they come out of that same mentality, which is the collectivization of Muslims.

We are not talking about all Muslims. We are talking about Islamic radicalization, and that I wanted to make clear because that is a difference.

The failure to identify our enemy for what it is, violent Islamic extremism, is offensive and contradicts thousands of years of accepted military and intelligence doctrine to know your enemy.

To ignore the threat of radical Islamic extremism in the name of political correctness presents a serious threat to the American people.

It is unfortunate, in my view, that some have attempted to mischaracterize this hearing as an attack on American Muslims.

I said at one time there are too many mosques that don't cooperate with law enforcement.

I want to thank you, Mr. King, Congressman King, and other Members of the committee, for getting me here, for parents like me.

The solution ultimately to fear Muslims, if it exists, is for Americans to see Muslims leading the charge against radical Islam.

One agency that comes before my subcommittee is the FBI, which was intimately involved in a lengthy investigation culminating in the Holy Land Foundation and five of its former organizers, being convicted in November 2008 on charges, and I…