[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONFIRMATION OF KENNETH L. MARCUS

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I share Mr. Marcus's concerns about 
rising anti-Semitism on college campuses and his strong opposition to 
the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which I believe is 
infused with anti-Semitism. I voted against Mr. Marcus's nomination, 
along with all of my Democratic colleagues, because Mr. Marcus 
convinced me in his hearing that he would not be an effective advocate 
for students of all backgrounds, including victims of sexual assault on 
campus. Mr. Marcus was unable to name a single example of something 
President Trump has said or done when it comes to discrimination or 
civil rights that he disagrees with, he agreed with Secretary Devos's 
Title IX changes, which rolled back protections for campus victims of 
sexual assault, and his answers on protecting minority students and 
LGBTQ students were woefully insufficient to earn my support.
  (At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the following statement was ordered to 
be printed in the Record.)

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