:06:02
and are often triggered by periods
of heightened emotional stress.
:06:06
Thank you, Ms. Grey.
It was quite educational.
:06:09
However, it fails toad dress the issue
that is the focus of this hearing.
:06:14
Three words:
Are mutants dangerous?
:06:17
I'm afraid that's
an unfair question, Senator Kelly.
:06:20
After all, the wrong person behind
the wheel of a car can be dangerous.
:06:23
Well, we do license
people to drive.
:06:25
Yes, but not to live.
Senator, it is a fact...
:06:29
that mutants who have come forward
and revealed themselves publicly...
:06:33
have been met with fear,
hostility, even violence.
:06:37
It is because of that
ever-present hostility...
:06:39
that I am urging the Senate to vote
against mutant registration.
:06:43
- To force mutants to expose
themselves will only further--
- Expose themselves?
:06:47
What is it the mutant community
has to hide I wonder...
:06:50
that makes them so afraid
to identify themselves?
:06:52
- I didn't say they were hiding.
- Let me show you what
is being hidden, Ms. Grey.
:06:56
I have here a list of names
of identified mutants...
:07:00
living right here
in the United States.
:07:02
- Senator Kelly--
- Now, here's a girl in Illinois
who can walk through walls.
:07:06
Now, what's to stop her
from walking into a bank vault...
:07:09
or into the White House
or into their houses?
:07:12
- Senator Kelly--
- And there are even rumors, Ms. Grey,
:07:14
of mutants so powerful
that they can enter our minds
and control our thoughts,
:07:19
taking our
God-given free will.
:07:22
I think the American people
deserve the right to decide...
:07:26
whether they want their children
to be in school with mutants,
:07:28
to be taught by mutants.
:07:32
Ladies and gentlemen,
:07:35
the truth is
that mutants are very real,
:07:38
and they are among us.
:07:41
- We must know who they are,
-[Woman] That's right!
:07:44
and, above all,
we must know...
:07:46
what they can do.
:07:50
[Applause Continues]