The fact is this committee was set up to combat terrorism.

I found it shocking and sad that the mainstream media accepted CAIR's accusations as if it were a legitimate organization.

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

I mean, it is not a profound finding to say that a person can be an al-Qaeda terrorist with blue eyes.

Dozens of ex-cons who became radicalized Muslims inside U.S. prisons have gone to Yemen to join an al-Qaeda group.

the necessity for swift, precise, and effective counter-terrorist actions through our military, our intelligence community, and our law enforcement community, both within the United States and abroad, must never be replaced by an attitude…

Today's hearing will address this dangerous trend.

I will not back down from holding these hearings.

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…

there are too many mosques in this country

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

Chairman King has characterized the hearings as focusing exclusively on the 'radicalization of the American Muslim community and homegrown terrorism.'

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.

It is critical to hear the testimony of law enforcement officials who have worked so diligently across America to build partnerships with local Muslim communities.

We strongly believe that there is a better way to ensure our National security than singling out one faith community.

My concern about CAIR is not limited to its disturbing origins and connections to terrorist financing.

The threat level today is as high as it has been since September 11 because of increased radicalization in our country.

Muslim community leaders and religious leaders must play a more visible role in discrediting and providing alternatives to violent Islamist ideology.

I am not asking you to divulge any facts of on-going investigations.

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

Responsible Muslim American leaders must reject discredited groups such as CAIR.

Congressman Peter King's (R-NY) hearings that will deal with the radicalization of American Muslims

Hamas is recognized by the United States and the European Union as a terrorist organization.

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

But anyone listening to your questioning overseas, whether they are watching al-Jazeera or BBC or whatever they are watching, they would somehow think there were in this committee, in this Congress, on this side of the aisle who somehow…