Summer Lee

I still believe in peace. I still believe in diplomacy.

So, I think the financial sanctions, defensive financial sanctions, as harsh as they can be, will possibly bring Putin to his knees.

So, they want their democracy to be preserved, and they want to be able to ensure that their friends will not leave them as they`re battling against this despot, this terrorist.

I think that`s one of the reasons why Putin has nothing else to do but to show the Russian people he can be a bully. And that`s what he`s doing.

They want help. Literally, they`re asking for as forceful an effort by the NATO allies and other freedom-loving nations as can possibly be.

We now have to overcome that with healing and coming together and, yes, legislation like H.R. 40.

We are in this fight together.

We will be in touch and want this to be immediate and not later, because for Congress to act, we must have these kinds of serious briefings.

I hope the Nation wakes up and responds in a way that will bring this to an end.

We have seen time and time again that people die because of White supremacy, because of hate and extremism in this country.

The efforts right now that we're seeing to discourage teachers and schools from talking about our honest history are contributing to this narrative that White supremacy is not the problem, and it is.

We are ready for that bill.

I cannot leave this hearing without making that point.

I want to restate, just for a few minutes, this hearing's topic was a rise in violence against minority institutions...

I would say to you, Mr. Biggs, many of my friends are in your faith...

The balance of domestic extremism that we're seeing right now really is being led by the focus on White supremacy.

Congresswoman Lee's legislation that she's introduced, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, would be a terrific help.

We need to prevent targeted violence against all these communities.

The Nation should not stand ideally by when there is racism, anti-Semitism, bias against LGBTQ, gender bias, anti-Muslim, and anti-Sikh.

Some in this Congress believe January 6th was a tourist event, others do not.

The crisis of attacks on institutions out of racist attitudes and anti-religious attitudes and anti-Semitic attitudes should not be diminished.

Last year, I was proud to join Congressman Brad Schneider in introducing H.R. 350, the Domestic Terror Prevention Act of 2021.

Domestic terrorism invades our safe spaces and makes us feel like strangers in our own country.

We must get to the bottom of racial antagonisms and as well as religious antagonisms.

Fear cannot be an option in this Nation. Healing must be.