Patrick Leahy: “I think everybody on this panel, both democrats and republicans, have praised you for improving.”

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

On February 23rd of this year, Senators Schumer and Coburn and I wrote you a letter commending your decision to sever ties with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.

If we can't clearly and unequivocally condemn the actions of white supremacists, or simply acknowledge the January 6, 2021, attack on our Capitol for what it was, an insurrection, we fan the flames of hatred and violence.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.