Yvette Clarke

It's important for the safety of our country to come together today in this joint hearing to discuss the legislation of our colleague and former committee Member, Congressman Pascrell.

This Congress in the past has failed to deal effectively with the foreclosure crisis.

The WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2011 is an example of what we can achieve when we pull together instead of pulling apart.

Those of us who represent the high-density populations of the Northeast are acutely aware of our shared vulnerability, how a single weapon of mass destruction can devastate huge populations.

I am a new Member here. So many times, you know, also and a former staffer.

I think we are doing very well in terms of our posture of vigilance and awareness in the public.

On behalf of the people of the 11th Congressional District of New York, we are really grateful to the Obama administration's leadership, the U.S. military, the CIA intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who carried out that heroic…

I was unavoidably detained in my district and missed several votes on May 23, 2011. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 330, H.R. 1627, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 331, H.R. 1383, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 332…

As has already been stated by a number of my colleagues, in the wake of the demise of Osama bin Laden, we must all prepare ourselves for possible retaliatory events.

I know Mr. Lungren takes this responsibility as seriously as I do.

I would like to thank you, Chairman Lungren, for holding our second hearing on cybersecurity this session.

Thank you very much.

Does that fall into the parameter of a spillover of the Mexican drug cartel scenario...

This is a very important hearing here today, very wonderful responses, I believe, that we have received from our panelists that really provide some transparency and light around our Nation's relationship with Mexico and the challenge we…

I think we have made tremendous progress in going after their assets, in targeting key individuals...

the ability for us to dedicate this D Block is really, truly, and literally a matter of life and death.

I am writing to urge my support to bring our troops our home. The recent debate on removing the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan has been the topic of many discussions and now is the time to take action. This devastating war has…

I would like to thank Chairman Lungren for holding this hearing on cybersecurity and for your intention to move expeditiously on what I know we both recognize as a critical issue.

I am really concerned that Chairman King has decided to look at the issue of home-grown terrorism through a myopic lens that has directed its focus on one religious community, Muslim-Americans.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let me say that today's hearing has been a great Congressional theater, certainly the equivalent of reality TV.

I am sharing my opinion as a member of this committee. My opinion is that we have focused almost as a fixation on this one community, when there are many threats to our civil society that have not been examined at all.

I fail to see the objectives of this hearing other than to further stigmatize and ostracize a community from whom we desire cooperation.

I think we should have afforded him that courtesy.

I think that, you know, we have got to reorient ourselves if we are going to, in fact, get a handle of this type of activity in our Nation.

I would like to ask Chairman King to add gang violence to the discussion of terrorist extremists.