Jim Sensenbrenner

You know you have drafted a strong bill when you unite both national security hawks and civil libertarians. The USA FREEDOM Act has done that. It also has the support of privacy groups, tech companies, and the intelligence community. This…

I believe the issues we will explore today provide additional justification for H.R. 1656, the 'Secret Service Improvements Act.'

I am very troubled by the lack of transparency in the disciplinary process.

the allegations of sexual misconduct and other shenanigans at the Secret Service and the DEA have given the American people the impression that these federal agencies, rather than being bastions of professionalism and integrity, can…

Assistance that the bill would provide will help the Secret Service better perform its critical mission and also help a stronger agency work to prevent future misconduct.

Isn't that a tap on the wrist?

I think everybody on this Subcommittee thinks he should be fired.

The law allows you to deport these individuals if you want to.

You yourself had said one reason you are not enforcing laws is because local communities failed to comply with it.

There are some who think that the possession, or 'mere possession' as they call it, of child pornography is a victimless crime. I want to state unequivocally that it is not.

The crime of child exploitation, including the trading and viewing of images of sexual abuse against children, is one of the most horrific crimes one can imagine.

With all due respect to our colleagues on the other side of the Capitol, there are a lot of bills that pass the Senate that we have to fix up.

Everybody here wants to make those who perpetrate and distribute child pornography pay and pay dearly.

I think we are just deceiving the American public, knowing that further litigation is going to result in an inconclusive decision by the Supreme Court.

This time we have to do it right, because there will be a further Paroline-type case that makes it all the way up to the Supreme Court.

I am concerned that if the shoebox full of receipts... ends up resulting in a pittance and a slap on the wrist...

I have introduced H.R. 48, the 'No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act' which I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record?

Do you have the necessary authorities to be able to deal with these people should they attempt to come back to the United States?

I hope we have the opportunity to move the bill this Congress.

I trust the merit review process, and I trust NSF to make those decisions.

The justice system must be just for all, including the wrongfully accused.

I trust the merit-review process, and I trust NSF to make those decisions.

I particularly appreciate your outlined type of community outreach to basically identify people who might become radicalized.

I want to be discriminating. These seizing agencies are vastly different from each other.

Unfortunately, I find that in case after case, they fail to do so, and it is a systematic failure.