Summer Lee

I was troubled to hear that information about mitigation measures was not posted on the Homeland Security Information Network for nearly a week following the Mumbai attack.

Do you feel that our mechanism, DHS, FBI, and others, are moving toward understanding the potential for commando-type activities on the soil of the United States?

I do want to emphasize, since I was physically on-site, using my somewhat non-, both nonscientific and non-law-enforcement eye, the importance of internal preparedness plans for hotels.

I sincerely hope that we can learn from the tragic event and apply its lessons to what we are doing to secure the same types of assets in the United States that were targeted in India.

They were not suicide bombers.

I have tasked the subcommittee staff with looking into DHS coordination efforts with the private sector, very important.

Well, thank you. I know that that is something that we need to further review.

I think the Chairwoman deserves tremendous credit for taking an international issue and showing why it is such...

This hearing becomes more important by the moment, and I thank you for joining with the House on this constitutional question.

I would like to give money on the enforcement side, but I would also like to increase the punitive measures.

What would help you then?

I couldn't get through the television to help you out.

What we don't do here today and fix this problem, a child will be victimized tomorrow.

I happen to believe in that phrase that where there is a will, there is a way.

Many of the needed reforms mentioned here are embodied in Title VI of H.R. 264, legislation introduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).

This is an important issue and I wanted to take a moment to provide you and the committee with my perspective.

So showing up at a laundry with a raid and you have your uniform on, that would spill through the community and keep you from finding the MS-13 or anyone else that you might try to find.

I don't think we have answered that. That is true, and we need to improve that.

In large cities with multiple multicultural communities, it is very difficult to extract information on violent crimes or human trafficking when there is this sense of intimidation.

My position is that we should have comprehensive immigration reform.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing, and let me acknowledge each and every one of the witnesses as patriots and individuals who love this country, and we respect that.

Let me acknowledge--I think it is Sheriff Jenkins--just to thank him for his work.

I think it is enormously important for this very important department to have a focused jurisdiction.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening today's very important hearing on copyright licensing in a digital age.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing, and I am conflicted because I am in between Homeland Security, but this is very important to me.