[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CONFRONTING ANTI-SEMITISM

  (Mr. SPANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SPANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to confront a cancer that has 
been rapidly spreading, and that cancer is anti-Semitism, here at home 
and around the world.
  It is unsettling, and it is downright appalling. Day after day, I see 
new headlines about disparaging rhetoric and violence against the 
Jewish people.
  The Anti-Defamation League reports that 80 percent of European Jews 
feel anti-Semitism in their country is increasing, and 40 percent live 
in daily fear of physical attack.
  In 2018, here at home, there were 1,879 reported anti-Semitic 
incidents in the United States. Our Nation was founded on freedom of 
religion and diversity, and we must do everything necessary to preserve 
it.
  To that end, today, the House passed H.R. 943, the Never Again 
Education Act, of which I am a proud cosponsor. It funds Holocaust 
education programs around the country.
  Mr. Speaker, America cannot and will not become a breeding ground for 
hatred.

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