[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 40 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     STANDING AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to stand in solidarity with 
Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, and stand against anti-
Semitism and other forms of religious bigotry.
  On January 15 of this year, Congregation Beth Israel, in our North 
Texas area, endured a preplanned terrorist attack with the explicit 
purpose of targeting Jews.
  This attack was personal to me, because I know the rabbi of that 
congregation, Charlie Cytron-Walker, and his wife, Adena, very well. I 
met them when they first moved to the North Texas area.
  That is why I am here today, because no community should have to 
endure that type of attack while they are trying to worship. It doesn't 
matter what religion they happen to be. It has absolutely no place in 
our houses of worship.
  Tomorrow, in the House, we will vote on a bipartisan resolution that 
my fellow colleague from North Texas, Beth Van Duyne, and I are 
leading. This resolution condemns the actions taken in Colleyville in 
January and underscores our commitment to fighting anti-Semitism. I ask 
everybody to support it, because we must root out hate.

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