Robert Portman
The Public Record
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…
It is important that we are distinguishing between the Muslim community and the terrorist community, as you just said.
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.
This proposal, which is, again, not a demonstration--hardly, if it is 75-percent coverage--but is a wholesale change.
I am concerned about it, and I am concerned about it for some of the reasons that have been stated already.
I appreciate the fact that we have been able to talk about some of these very specific issues that I hear from my constituents about.





