[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 80 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM

  (Mr. GOLDMAN of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today during Jewish 
American Heritage Month with a message of grave concern about the 
troubling rise in anti-Semitism around the country and the even more 
troubling normalization of that anti-Semitism.
  Recent data shows that anti-Semitic incidents rose again last year by 
36 percent, and New York continues to lead the country in such hateful 
incidents.
  I am not immune from it myself, as you can see from just a small 
sampling of anti-Semitic attacks I personally have received on social 
media.
  At a recent Judiciary Committee field hearing in my district, a man 
welcomed us with this sign about George Soros, which is unquestionably 
and flagrantly anti-Semitic.
  As the Biden administration prepares to roll out its national 
strategy to counter anti-Semitism, I urge my friends on the other side 
of the aisle to stop invoking George Soros' name and join together to 
combat the startling rise of anti-Semitism.

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