Summer Lee

I also want to acknowledge our support for $87 billion dollars for the--excuse me--$87 for the Historic Preservation Fund.

I also want to add my support for the $15 million dollars for land and water conservation for the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership.

Let me be counted as an advocate for the work that this committee does and for the important funding that you oversee.

I actually think that it was Secretary Mattis before he became Secretary who said how critical foreign aid is.

This was a counterproductive idea and these people are victims of terrorism.

I also would like to pose a question, Mr. Chairman, I will put it in writing, but I would ask that this committee, being the front-line committee on intelligence, be part of the investigation that would determine what questions were posed…

Carelessly-created Executive Orders such as the Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States Executive Order and inflammatory rhetoric has provided propaganda for terrorist networks and alienated our allies…

Unfortunately, ill-conceived U.S. counterterrorism policy under the Trump administration has and will likely continue to weaken the defenses built over the 16 years since 9/11.

There is no evidence of any Syrian refugee engaging in any form of terroristic activity.

An article from the Houston Chronicle: In the midst of the Muslim ban Feds detain Katie, a high school student from Jordan, following President Trump's immigration ban.

What excuse do you give for this little one not being able to come into the United States, or this family not being able to be reunited?

You have a 120-day delay on the refugee resettlements, one of the most desperate groups of people and populations.

I think we will be causing a great deal of suffering and I would ask the administration to review its posture.

The basis of this Executive Order was supposed to be on facts and evidence that was before us at that time.

Fiery rhetoric of a campaign should not be the governing standard for this Nation, and I believe this administration is off its wheels and needs to get back on its wheels.

The facts are these: President Obama did not impose a ban on visa applications, and his policy did not seek to prevent all citizens of Iraq, including green-card holders, from traveling to the United States.

Simply put, the Executive Order on its face is a ban on Muslims masquerading as a measure to protect the homeland.

Thank you so very much for your service. I yield back.

My Republican colleagues have questioned, second-guessed, and attacked you and your team of career FBI agents.

Many Americans have come to trust Hillary Clinton as a dedicated committed public servant.

Absolutely. But the foot soldiers, we use that term in the civil rights movement, your agents on the ground...

If she really believes in enforcing the rule of law, then I think she ought to be prosecuting jurisdictions that violate Federal immigration policy instead of writing them checks.

I just want to be very clear that there is no--there is no ban right now that you have offered and that you are not trying to block.

The witness has been asked and she has answered.

I want to make it very clear that I don't think there is one Member here who does not feel the deep pain for the families who have lost loved ones.