I waived on to this subcommittee because I have had this issue as one of mine when I was the chair of the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee for the last three general assemblies.

I thank Mr. Nadler for the time. I served the first 3\1/2\ years of my legal career in the police department. I had a badge and a gun. I know policemen as well, if not better, than almost anybody in this body. I tried to give them a gun…

The truth matters. The truth matters. Hiding information and stating a lie over and over again does not make it true.

My Republican colleagues would like me and others to believe that they've suddenly found religion when it comes to misconduct in law enforcement. Give me a break.

What's clear from these hearings is that Donald Trump knows, just as well as I do, that the danger to him and his MAGA movement is the rule of law.

My Republican colleagues aren't here, representing their constituents, not my constituents. They're representing Donald Trump.

The real divide in America is not between Democrats and Republicans. It's between people who love this country, who believe in the rule of law, who want to follow the law, and those who will fight to make our union more perfect and the…

Instead of trying to make their constituents lives' better, they're wasting time and taxpayer dollars on an endless, fruitless string of partisan investigations.

This is defunding the police on steroids.

This is not a Committee on the Weaponization of Government. This is a Committee for the Weaponization of Government.

This Committee is a clearinghouse for testing conspiracy theories for Donald Trump to use in his 2024 Presidential Campaign.

When the FBI is rifling through personal correspondence of people of color, when law enforcement tries to push policies to limit the freedom of people practicing a different religion, or unjustly pursuing people in cars who look like…