Let me make it clear today, that I remain convinced that these hearings must go forward, and they will.

Chairman King's hearings will likely stoke Islamophobic sentiment, which has affected me and other Muslim-American colleagues.

There are many different dimensions to this radicalization issue.

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

To back down would be a flagrant surrender to political correctness and an abdication of what I believe to be the main responsibility of this committee, to protect America from terrorist attack.

Prisons are in fact communities at risk.

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.

As far as the other issue, I would just go back to the fact that with all of the various threats we may have in this country, there is only one threat that has killed 3,000 Americans, and that is why I am focusing on that.

I believe that we must take a fresh look at how we can thwart domestic radicalization--because it is clear that current efforts have been unsuccessful.

That is why I will be introducing legislation soon that would create a 'Team B' to bring fresh eyes to U.S. domestic radicalization and counterterrorism strategy.

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

We strongly believe that these hearings will paint an entire faith community with a broad brush of suspicion and distrust based on the actions of a tiny minority of violent extremists.

I have been concerned about and been following the issue of radical Islamic terrorism for nearly 3 decades.

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

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 believe that through AIMCOP and programs like it, we will have fewer crimes to investigate, fewer threats to our communities to address, and fewer young people leaving our neighborhoods to fight and die in foreign lands.

Today, we hold the second in a series of hearings on radicalization in the Muslim-American community.

I am writing to strongly urge you to reconsider holding the narrowly focused and reckless hearings planned by the Committee on Homeland Security.

I voted for the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2010, authored by Representative Jane Harman.

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

Targeting one particular faith for scrutiny when the overwhelming majority of that faith's adherents in this country are peaceful, law-abiding citizens seems counterproductive and just plain wrong.

As far as the intelligence community, we held a series of meetings and briefings available to both the Majority and the Minority staff in the lead-up to this, meeting with various intelligence and security officials throughout our…

Thank you very much, professor, for your testimony.

Mainstream Muslim leadership from such organizations like CIOM must be given the opportunity to speak.

Let me make it clear today that I remain convinced that these hearings must go forward. They will.