Summer Lee

I will not sit at this committee table and yield to conversation that suggests that the administration, in this instance President Barack Obama, has in any way failed any more than I am sure there will be challenges to my disagreement with…

It is vital that the United States, if I may take your words, Congress undertakes a thorough, no-holds-barred review of the long global war in which we are now engaged.

I think that we must be very clear in Homeland Security and the other committees that terrorism and the fight against terrorism is not a Republican or a Democratic, if you will, singular and sole opportunity to claim service to the country.

I celebrate what you said about the U.S. Information Agency. That is a hot point that we should move on quickly.

We cannot condemn a President who other Presidents may have had situations of war, but did not have situations of ISIS.

I want to build upon the work that we are already doing and encourage this committee to continue the serious discussions.

Threats from foreign and domestic terrorist groups are not going away overnight.

It is my hope that we can more effectively provide restitution to child victims in light of the Supreme Court's recent child pornography restitution decision.

We have no greater cause than to promote the health and well-being of our children.

I believe there should be a more structured role for DHS in the sharing--or in the handling of the list.

I think that we would be in a strong position to move forward on legislation like that.

This hearing is more potent probably in this time and era than ever.

I thank the Chairman very much. I thank the Ranking Member for this very valuable hearing.

My last point: Would you reaffirm that the outreach tactics, relationships, with these unique communities, in this instance the Somalian community but there is the large populations in places like Michigan and elsewhere, Texas, is…

First, my appreciation to the Chairman for his steady line of questioning.

Women and extremism, it is a new phenomenon and ISIL has taken advantage of it.

Which would require the government to review both terrorist screening database and the terrorist watch list for a complete list with respect to any of these foreign fighters and to report back to Congress with the results within 90 days.

Countering violent extremism should not ever be the pretext to profiling a United States person on the base of race, religion, or culture.

We cannot bomb our way out of this problem.

The United States is not at war with Islam but it is the contorted, disjointed and ludicrous interpretation of those who simply want to be violent and vile and kill people.

In this country, violent extremism is a local threat as evidenced by FBI Director Comey as well, about ISIL cells and others.

But you are engaging in a discussion that tracks why DHS is not being funded, allegedly because these executive actions are unauthorized.

I would say to my good friend from Nevada that we have documentation that Nevada would be severely hampered by the presence of your lawsuit.

This is a hearing that contributes to political security and not national security.

Texans and families that would have been severely impacted came together and said they stand with the President.