Rob Portman

I know you also likely are going to tell us today that you have some resource constraints.

It can end offline, like we have seen tragically happen in several American cities.

Well, again, I think we are catching up. The jihadists we talked about earlier have been at this really for 3 years, I would say it is fair to say.

I think it would be good, to the extent you are able, to explain what you are talking about to the Committee today.

San Bernardino being perhaps the most recent tragic example of that.

I think we are in a crisis mode in the sense that, as Mr. Steinbach has talked about today, this online messaging is a huge part of the radicalization effort.

I appreciate this Committee's oversight and continued support as we revamped our fight against violent extremism in the information battlespace.

ISIS specializes in savagery--violence inspired by delusions of sectarian conquest from another age.

There is no room for complacency on this issue.

I think we should have further discussion of this because I think it is in all of our interest that you do micro target.

When I was looking for a model, I was hoping you would talk about the British Research Information and Communications Unit (RICU), which has gotten some good plaudits internationally for being very aggressive in pumping out messaging…

I would say the funnel of darkness, we have an opportunity on the public side.

This hearing will come to order. We are here to talk about an incredibly important issue, a critical issue that affects the security of our country and the security of our families.

I think it is as important as anything else that is being done, and everything else... can be done successfully... and still, if we do not deal with this threat of the disinformation online and the radicalization that is going on, we will…

Thank you, Senator Lankford.

It is important that we are distinguishing between the Muslim community and the terrorist community, as you just said.

Fentanyl is an example; it is a big problem right now around the country.

This proposal, which is, again, not a demonstration--hardly, if it is 75-percent coverage--but is a wholesale change.

This will continue that and accelerate it.

I am concerned about it, and I am concerned about it for some of the reasons that have been stated already.

We are also going to look at this opioid abuse issue, which is at epidemic levels.

This Subcommittee has done significant oversight of exactly what Senator Paul was talking about.

I do not think it goes far enough, as we talked about, in terms of providing actual refunds to customers who have been overbilled.

Next month, we will be combating--looking at ways to combat Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) propaganda.

Again, I am cutting my time short with the hope that we can get everybody's questions in.