Dems object as House panel approves terrorist recruitment bill

Source: Politico

A House committee approved a bill Wednesday aimed at hindering terrorist' recruitment efforts online and abroad, over angry objections from Democrats who accused the panel of unfairly singling out Muslims.

"I think particularly after what happened yesterday, we can’t afford to wait," Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) said, just a day after a series of terrorist bombings in Brussels killed at least 31 people and injured another 270. "We can’t afford to wait and do nothing in this Congress."

But Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said the bill targets Islamic terrorists while blatantly ignoring homegrown terrorism committed by white supremacists, such as last year's massacre of nine African-Americans at a church in Charleston, S.C.

"I think this is one of the committee’s lowest moments," she said. "This could’ve been a historic moment."

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