WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US House Homeland Security Committee will question security and intelligence officials on the topic of terrorism next month in the wake of a violent nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Chairman Michael McCaul announced in a letter to Democrats.
"On September 12th, we will hold a full committee hearing and have invited the leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Counterterrorism Center to discuss the most serious threats America faces," the letter stated Wednesday.
McCaul stressed US lawmakers must unite in rejecting racism and ideologies of white supremacists, the KKK, and Neo-Nazis. Furthermore, the panel's chairman called on both parties to become more involved in finding a solution to the issues of extremism.
On Saturday, white nationalists held a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville to protest against the authorities' plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park. The rally was met with counter-protests that led to violent clashes and a car ramming attack. The attack left one person killed and at least 19 others injured. In addition, two police officers died when their helicopter crashed en route to the scene of the violence.
