Rand Paul [Senate Committee]: Instead of focusing on rampant violent crime across the nation, and the unprecedented crisis at the border, FBI and DHS are using their resources to suveil and censor law-abiding Americans engaged in constitutionally protected speech.

Mayorkas: Extreme heat, wildfires, and devastating hurricanes are increasing in frequency and severity, and our department's founding rationale, the threat posed by foreign terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, remains.

[ridiculous that he mentions 'climate' alongside the threat of terrorists using a weapon of mass destruction]

Director Wray: We have kept our sights on Hamas, and have multiple ongoing investigations into individuals affiliated with that foreign terrorist organization…It's not just Hamas. As the world's largest state-sponsor of terrorism, the Iranians, for instance, have directly, or by hiring criminals, mounted assassination attempts against dissidents, and high-ranking current and former US government officials, including right here on American soil. And along those lines, Hezbollah, Iran's primary strategic partner, has a history of seeding operatives and infrastructure, obtaining money and weapons, and spying in this country, going back years.

Mayorkas: We see adverse nation states conduct research with respect to their capacity to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States of America in the future.

Mayorkas refuses to give an approximate number of illegals, or those here on asylum, that have direct ties to Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp of Iran.

Marshall: Will DHS, and when will DHS, disclose the countries of origin of people arrested by Border Patrol on the terrorist watchlist?

Mayorkas: I would be pleased to speak with you in the appropriate context, this would not be it.

Carper: In recent years, when we have held our annual 'All Threats' hearing, the panel has testified before us in this room, that domestic terrorism is the primary terroristic threat in the United States. Specifically, the most consistent threat comes from white supremacists.

[the jihadists marching in the streets demanding an 'intifada revolution' are of no concern]

Mayorkas complained about Hawley's 'adversarial tone' after Hawley completely demolished him. kek