I have repeatedly said that the overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans are outstanding Americans.
Thank you very much, professor, for your testimony.
Prisons are in fact communities at risk.
However, the common denominator in these cases is conversion to a radical form of Islam while in prison.
I would just remind the members of Minority, for 4 years, they controlled this committee.
The fact is this committee was set up to combat terrorism.
We are going to focus on a target which threatens the security of this Nation.
The fact is, if it was so important, you had 4 years on this committee. Not once was a hearing held into any of those issues.
This committee needs to examine the threat from lone wolves in our midst.
I also owe it to all the friends, neighbors, and constituents I lost on September 11. I will not back down.
I have said that whenever we can get intelligence that there is an organized threat against our country...