ADVISORY: HAPPENING SOON: Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security to Hold Hearing on “The Rise of Domestic Terrorism in America”
WASHINGTON – Today at 2:00 PM, the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security will hold a hearing on "The Rise of Domestic Terrorism in America" in 2141 RHOB and streaming here.
The hearing will feature testimony from:
- Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Michael German, from the Brennan Center for Justice
- Malcolm Nance, Founder and Executive Director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project
- Andy Ngo, Editor-at-Large at the Post Millennial
The hearing comes after Congressman Brad Schneider introduced his bipartisan Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act (DTPA).
"Since 2017, I have been focused on passing DTPA to redouble America's efforts to combat the rise of domestic terrorism. I am looking forward to the Judiciary Committee tackling this issue in its hearing Wednesday and I am hopeful that they will consider DTPA as a primary tool in their toolbox in combatting this threat." said Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10).
BACKGROUND:
Recently, the Blue Dog Coalition endorsed DTPA. The New York Times reported on how for years, FBI and DHS failed to invest resources into tracking domestic terrorists. The Wall Street Journal explained several legislative responses to domestic terrorism.
The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act (DTPA) of 2021 is a bipartisan bill designed to combat the growing threat of domestic violent extremist groups and individuals (DVEs), including racially/ethnically motivated violent extremists and white supremacist groups. The bill authorizes domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Justice Department (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and requires biannual reporting on the state of domestic terrorism threats. It also requires the offices to focus their limited resources on the most significant threats, as determined by the number of domestic terrorism-related incidents outlined in the joint report. The intent of the legislation is to better equip these agencies and enable them to work together to effectively identify risks and successfully thwart domestic terror threats.