[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H5201-H5205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    CONDEMNING THE SUPPORT OF HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, AND OTHER TERRORIST 
 ORGANIZATIONS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, WHICH MAY LEAD TO 
THE CREATION OF A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR JEWISH STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND 
                                 STAFF

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the 
resolution (H. Res. 798) condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, 
and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, 
which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish 
students, faculty, and staff, as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 798

       Whereas both Hamas and Hezbollah are recognized by the 
     United States Department of State as Foreign Terrorist 
     Organizations;
       Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise 
     attack to deliberately target Israeli civilians, including 
     the killing and abduction of men, women, children, and the 
     elderly;
       Whereas Hamas' stated goal is the entire destruction of the 
     State of Israel and the murder of its Jewish citizens;
       Whereas a disturbing number of student organizations at 
     institutions of higher education placed blame solely upon the 
     State of Israel for the attack and expressed support for the 
     terrorist actions of Hamas through the glorification of 
     violence and the usage of antisemitic rhetoric;
       Whereas on October 9, 2023, the national leadership of 
     Students for Justice in Palestine declared a ``day of 
     resistance'' calling on student chapters across the United 
     States to demonstrate by ``not just slogans and rallies, but 
     armed confrontation with oppressors'' and following this 
     announcement many chapters issued pro-Hamas statements;
       Whereas on October 10, 2023, a Stanford University lecturer 
     targeted Jewish students during a class on colonialism, 
     justifying the actions of Hamas terrorists by calling them 
     ``freedom fighters'' and asking Jewish students to identify 
     themselves and stand in the corner to illustrate what ``Jews 
     were doing to Palestinians'';
       Whereas on October 15, 2023, in a complete disregard for 
     humanity, a Cornell University professor grabbed the 
     microphone at a campus rally and pronounced that, ``Hamas has 
     challenged the monopoly of violence'' and ``it was 
     exhilarating. It was energizing. . .I was exhilarated,'' in 
     reference to Hamas' terror attack on Israel;
       Whereas on October 22, 2023, the Brandeis University 
     student government voted down a simple resolution condemning 
     Hamas and calling on the immediate release of all hostages 
     back to their families unharmed;
       Whereas on October 24, 2023, George Washington University 
     students at a vigil to support Hamas' surprise attack 
     prominently projected signs on the walls of the university's 
     library including, ``Glory to our Martyrs'';
       Whereas many administrations of institutions of higher 
     education do not follow the practice of institutional 
     neutrality and frequently speak out on public issues, but 
     have failed to speak out clearly after the October 7 attack 
     by Hamas, and have exposed their

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     lack of regard for their Jewish and pro-Israel students; and
       Whereas the glorification of violence and usage of 
     antisemitic rhetoric creates a hostile learning and working 
     environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) condemns the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other 
     terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, 
     which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for 
     Jewish students, faculty, and staff;
       (2) calls on campus administrators--
       (A) to condemn all forms of antisemitism on college 
     campuses; and
       (B) to ensure Jewish faculty, students, and guests can 
     exercise the same Free Speech rights as are guaranteed to all 
     other faculty, students, and guests without intimidation; and
       (3) urges enforcement of Federal civil rights laws to 
     protect Jewish students from antisemitism.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Utah (Mr. Owens) and the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Manning) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Utah.


                             General Leave

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 
5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include 
extraneous material on H. Res. 798, as amended, the resolution now 
under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 798, condemning the 
hateful acts of anti-Semitism spreading like wildfire across American 
college campuses.
  Last year, I made my first trip with a few of my colleagues to 
Israel, where we were welcomed by Jewish citizens of all backgrounds--
Black, European, Russian, Arabian, and Palestinian.
  During a visit to a Jewish family's home near the Gaza border, I held 
a bomb fragment that had landed in their front yard. I saw a lifestyle 
where the norm was always being on edge. There were bomb shelters built 
on both ends of elementary soccer fields and at every bus stop.
  One of my colleagues asked our guests: You live so close to people 
who literally hate you simply because of your religion and culture. Why 
do you stay?
  The answer stuck with me: Because I love my country, and this is our 
home.
  None of us could have imagined, a little over a year later, the pure 
evil that would visit that home. They never knew how vulnerable they 
were to satanic barbarism. Those who would film, call home, and bolster 
the torture and death they rained down on innocent, defenseless men, 
women, and children.
  What does evil look like? The German Nazis attempted to hide their 
acts, but these nazis have posted their acts on social media for the 
world to see and remember: a pregnant mother shot in the face, her baby 
cut from her womb and then beheaded; a female raped with such evil 
voracity that her pelvis was broken, and she was then murdered; 
grandmothers, children, and babies huddled together and then burned 
alive; a young 20-year-old woman who was shown half-naked and 
unconscious as she was paraded through the streets of Gaza, tortured 
and desecrated by these cowardly devils. She was later found beheaded.
  Within hours, 1,400 innocent, defenseless men and women, children in 
their bedrooms, and teenagers celebrating peace at a music festival 
were murdered without mercy.
  What was the response on American campuses?
  At Cornell University, a professor called the Hamas attacks 
exhilarating and energizing.
  At George Washington University, less than 4 miles from where I 
stand, students projected the phrases ``from the river to the sea,'' 
and ``glory to our martyrs'' on the side of Gelman Library, a building 
named after a Jewish alumni. These phrases are an explicit anti-Semitic 
call for the violent eradication of Jews in the State of Israel.
  At Cooper Union, Jewish students were forced to lock themselves in 
the library to avoid a rabid mob chanting: ``Murder to the Jews.'' 
These hate-filled college students have no shame and no fear. Imagine 
the accountability they would face if they were chanting: ``Murder to 
the Blacks,'' or ``Murder to the trans.'' As this mob pounded on the 
front door of the building, the Jewish students were quietly ushered 
out the back door.
  This is America 2023, not 1960. No students, regardless of race, 
creed, color, or religion, should ever have to use the back door of a 
campus library out of fear for their safety--not now, not ever in the 
United States of America.
  Mr. Speaker, I stand today to strongly condemn the pure evil of 
Hamas, affirm Israel as our greatest ally in the Middle East, and 
proclaim our unwavering support as they assert their right to self-
defense.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H. Res. 798, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution. I thank 
my colleague, Representative Burgess Owens, for sponsoring this 
resolution condemning support for terrorism and anti-Semitism on 
college campuses.
  Anti-Semitism is a persistent, shape-shifting hatred that is an 
affront to our values as Americans. It should be condemned by all. It 
has no place on college campuses and universities or in our society.
  I am committed to countering anti-Semitism in all its forms as a co-
chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism 
and as a member of the Education and the Workforce Committee.
  Tragically, anti-Semitism is on the rise across the United States and 
around the world. We have witnessed a particularly disturbing increase 
in anti-Semitic incidents at colleges and universities. According to 
the Anti-Defamation League, anti-Semitic incidents on college and 
university campuses increased by 40 percent from 2021 to 2022.
  Since the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel on 
October 7, we have witnessed an even greater increase in incidents and 
threats targeting Jewish students across the country--by some accounts, 
a 400 percent increase.
  Students at Cooper Union were barricaded inside a library building. 
Shocking anti-Israel messages were projected onto a building at George 
Washington University. Just yesterday, a Cornell University student was 
arrested and charged for posting horrifying threats online targeting 
Jewish students on campus, threatening to shoot up the kosher dining 
hall, and calling for Jewish students to be eliminated.
  It is also deeply disturbing to witness student-led demonstrations 
and rallies excusing and glorifying the terrorism or expressing 
sympathy for foreign terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, 
groups whose driving ideology is anti-Semitic and which are dedicated 
to the destruction of Israel.

  College and university leaders have a moral responsibility to make 
clear that they reject hatred, violence, and anti-Semitism, to hold 
those responsible for these acts accountable, and to prevent a hostile 
and intimidating environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff.
  I am grateful for the Biden administration's commitment to fully 
enforce Federal civil rights law prohibiting anti-Semitic 
discrimination and to take steps, including those outlined in the 
``U.S. National Strategy to Counter Anti-Semitism,'' to combat the rise 
of anti-Semitism in higher education.
  Congress should also make clear that we condemn terrorism, anti-
Semitism, and violence and that we remain committed to protecting all 
students.
  Madam Speaker, colleges and universities are places where students 
learn from one another and where they decide who they want to become in 
life. We can respect and uphold Americans' free speech and First 
Amendment rights without tolerating discrimination and hate. No matter 
what your opinion is on foreign policy or any other issue, it does not 
excuse or give anyone a license to engage in hate against any group.
  When anti-Semitism and bias against Jews take hold on campus, it 
deprives students of their equal right to an education and harms 
everyone in the campus community.

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  That is why I am proud to support this resolution condemning support 
for terrorism and anti-Semitism on campuses and calling for protections 
against hate targeting Jews, just as we should for all Americans of any 
background who are facing increased threats.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to support this 
resolution, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman 
from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 798, a 
resolution condemning anti-Semitism on college campuses and encouraging 
campus leaders to speak out in support of their Jewish students, 
faculty, and guests.
  One word that comes to mind is ``regression.'' The extreme rhetoric 
on college campuses is, sadly, yet another chapter in the troubled 
history between Jewish students and American universities. It started 
with quotas. In 1922, Harvard President Abbott Lowell proposed a cap on 
the number of Jewish enrollees each year. Many other universities 
adopted similar policies.
  Out of Jewish quotas, alternative Jewish education opportunities were 
born. In 1948, Brandeis University was founded. It was named after 
Lowell's great enemy, the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis 
Brandeis. The initial 107-student class at Brandeis was overwhelmingly 
Jewish and just 12 miles down the road from Cambridge. It stood as a 
stark reminder of ethnic discrimination.
  The world progressed greatly in the post-war period, but the events 
of the past month have ripped open a wound in American postsecondary 
education that had been festering.
  There is no better example than modern Harvard. The coalition student 
group letter from Harvard was the first anti-Semitic demonstration on 
campus to make the news after Hamas' October 7 attack, hearkening back 
to Harvard's Jewish quotas. Harvard is a bellwether, for better or for 
worse.
  H. Res. 798 condemns the support of terrorists and condemns anti-
Semitism behavior. I thank Representative Owens for putting this 
important resolution forward, and I pray that it is a step toward 
reversing the abhorrent behavior that has taken over college campuses.
  Madam Speaker, we must throw anti-Semitism into the dustbin of 
history where it belongs.
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).
  Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H. Res. 
798.
  On October 7, Hamas carried out the largest attack on the Jewish 
people since the Holocaust. Women were brutally raped and murdered; 
babies brutally murdered and decapitated; and innocent civilians 
abducted, tortured, and murdered.
  In the aftermath, we have seen despicable acts of anti-Semitism and 
support for the terrorists across college campuses in this country. 
Students organized protests calling for ``armed confrontation with 
oppressors'' and using imagery reflecting the Hamas terrorists 
paragliding into the music festival in Israel. There are vile chants 
calling for the elimination of Jewish people in the State of Israel. 
There are professors asking Jewish students to identify themselves and 
stand in the corner of a classroom. There are projections on a campus 
building saying, ``Glory to our martyrs,'' referring to the Hamas 
terrorists.

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  These are despicable actions, and they have created a hostile 
environment for many Jewish students across our country. This is wholly 
unacceptable, and this is not free speech.
  Jewish students deserve to know they are safe on campus, and colleges 
and universities have a legal and moral obligation to foster an 
environment free from vile anti-Semitic discrimination.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this 
resolution.
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Georgia (Mr. Allen).
  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Utah for 
yielding.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today as a cosponsor of H. Res. 798, a 
resolution that demands Congress' immediate attention and action in 
condemning the recent surge of support for Hamas, Hezbollah, and other 
terrorist organizations at American universities.
  Let's be clear. The targets of Hamas on October 7 were not Israeli 
military installations. The targets were innocent men, women, and 
children. It was demonic and barbaric.
  What are we seeing on our college campuses?
  This is not just cause for concern, it is an outrageous affront to 
the principles of peace, tolerance, and safety that our educational 
institutions espouse.
  From the explicit endorsements of violence to the violent targeting 
of Jewish students, we are witnessing a blatant disregard for the well-
being and security of young people.
  This is not a matter of political correctness. It is a matter of 
ensuring the safety and dignity of every individual on our college 
campuses. The incidents outlined in this resolution are occurring 
across the Nation and threaten the very fabric of our educational 
institutions. From student organizations calling on fellow students to 
demonstrate with armed confrontation to school administrators failing 
to clearly speak out, it is time to take a stand to safeguard the well-
being of our students and to uphold the principles that our Nation was 
founded on and holds dear.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Hageman). The time of the gentleman has 
expired.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, I implore my colleagues to join me in 
supporting H. Res. 798. We must send a resounding message that we will 
not tolerate the spread of hatred within the halls of our universities.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Virginia (Mr. Good).
  Mr. GOOD of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of my friend 
from Utah's resolution that denounces terrorism and anti-Semitism at 
universities across this country.
  The world watched in horror on October 7 when Hamas launched their 
unprovoked and brutal terrorist attack on Israel causing the greatest 
single-day of loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust.
  I joined the overwhelming majority of Americans in immediately 
expressing unwavering support for Israel, but, sadly, we have also seen 
an outbreak of support for the perpetrators of terror, Hamas and 
Hezbollah, on our college campuses.
  What are we teaching college students on these campuses, and what 
kind of professors are doing this teaching?
  In my own district, the Students for Justice in Palestine at the 
University of Virginia issued a statement that the violence against 
Israel makes them hopeful for the future of Palestine, implying that 
Israel was somehow deserving of the atrocities committed against them.
  Free speech is protected in this country, but it cannot be used to 
support terrorist actions.
  To the University of Virginia's credit, the president issued a 
statement clearly condemning Hamas. Nevertheless many other university 
administrators were not as definitive in their responses.
  This resolution challenges college administrators to condemn anti-
Semitism and focus on education rather than liberal indoctrination.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to sponsor this resolution, and I urge my 
colleagues to support this resolution.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Indiana (Mrs. Houchin).
  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Madam Speaker, with regard to Israel, the mask has 
finally come off the woke left whose center of gravity, sadly, is 
situated in American universities.
  Following the barbaric attacks on Israel by Hamas, student groups at 
universities across the country demonstrated support for the 
terrorists.

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  Let me pause to say that again. Demonstrations are happening at 
universities across the United States in support of terrorists.
  A student group at my alma mater, George Washington University, 
called for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people.
  The liberal ideology is emanating from universities and spreading 
throughout our corporations and tainting the world view of the next 
generation of Americans. This is dangerous and must be rejected.
  That is why I am an original sponsor of Representative Owens' 
resolution condemning the support of terrorists at our institutions of 
higher education.
  I urge all Americans to join me and my colleagues in stating in no 
uncertain terms that we support our Jewish students and affirm the 
statehood of Israel and the right of her people to live and to thrive.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H. Res. 798.
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Kiley).
  Mr. KILEY. Madam Speaker, earlier this year, I drafted a resolution 
condemning anti-Semitism on our college campuses. There had been a 
deeply disturbing rise in anti-Semitic incidents on campuses in 
California and across the country, and also a totally inadequate 
response by university faculty and administration who were unable or 
unwilling to condemn this activity, and sometimes it happened with 
their tacit or even outright support of individual faculty members.
  This has been a growing problem on university campuses. Just a few 
years ago, a task force of university faculty in California was tasked 
with preparing an ethnic studies curriculum for high schools. What they 
produced was a deeply anti-Semitic document that Gavin Newsom condemned 
saying that it was offensive in so many ways it would never see the 
light of day and that the California Legislative Jewish Caucus said 
echoed the propaganda of the Nazi regime.
  Nonetheless, in spite of all of this, nothing could have prepared us 
for what has happened in the aftermath of Hamas' terrorist attack on 
the State of Israel. Nothing could have prepared us for the failure of 
moral leadership where you have university faculty and administration--
which have been all too willing to wade into every political 
controversy of the day with clearly defined views--that have been 
unable to render the most straightforward of moral judgments, to 
condemn in clear language an assault and an attack on innocent men, 
women, children, and babies, an attack on Israel's very right to exist.
  Many student groups taking their cue have now targeted Jewish 
students, and Jewish students are feeling unsafe on our campuses.
  Larry Summers, who is the former president of Harvard and a high-
ranking Obama official, said this on October 9: ``In nearly 50 years of 
Harvard affiliation, I have never been as disillusioned and alienated 
as I am today.
  ``The silence from Harvard's leadership, so far, coupled with a vocal 
and widely reported student groups' statement blaming Israel solely, 
has allowed Harvard to appear at best neutral towards acts of terror 
against the Jewish State of Israel.
  ``Instead, Harvard is being defined by the morally unconscionable 
statement apparently coming from two dozen student groups blaming all 
the violence on Israel. I am sickened.''
  Today's resolution, which is joining mine with one offered by 
Representative Owens, is providing the moral leadership that many of 
our universities have failed to provide. It ``condemns the support of 
Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of 
higher education which may lead to the creation of a hostile 
environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff.''
  It ``calls on campus administrators to condemn all forms of anti-
Semitism on college campuses; and to ensure Jewish faculty, students, 
and guests can exercise the same free speech rights that are guaranteed 
to all other faculty, students, and guests without intimidation. . . . 
`'
  Madam Speaker, it is vitally important that this resolution pass and 
that it do so with strong bipartisan support.
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I acknowledge that my colleague is standing against 
anti-Semitism and that he introduced a measure to require the teaching 
of the Holocaust. I also introduced an amendment at that same hearing. 
My amendment would have prohibited the banning by schools and school 
districts of books about the Holocaust because school districts across 
the country are banning books like ``The Diary of a Young Girl'' by 
Anne Frank and the award-winning graphic novel ``Maus'' because they 
found those books too disturbing.
  This is exactly what we should be talking about in our hearings, that 
we should be teaching students the history of the Holocaust using 
award-winning books because these are the perfect vehicles for making 
sure that students understand what has happened when anti-Semitism has 
been allowed to go unchallenged.
  I thank my colleague for raising this issue in today's setting and 
hope they will continue to support efforts to avoid the banning of 
books on the Holocaust.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Bean).
  Mr. BEAN of Florida. Madam Speaker, as you know, the Holocaust ended 
in 1945, but tragically, the hatred behind it has not.
  We are all horrified by the surge in violent anti-Semitism taking 
place across America. Today we are seeing the full force of Jewish 
contempt on our college and university campuses, and it has never been 
more hateful. Students are being harassed, threatened, and violently 
targeted just for being Jewish in 2023.
  It is unthinkable that students are unable to walk between classes to 
their dorms or the dining hall, but it is the reality for Jewish 
students on campuses today.
  The history of the Holocaust warns us what can happen when hatred is 
met by silence. We cannot stand by while Jewish students feel 
threatened. It is more than just a discussion. It is a call to action.
  Madam Speaker, today I stand before you to condemn these dangerous 
acts of anti-Semitism. That is why I urge everybody to support 
Representative Owens' resolution to condemn support for terrorist 
organizations on campuses across the Nation. Anti-Semitism is not 
activism. It is hatred pure and simple, and it has no place in America 
today.
  Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume 
for the purpose of closing.
  For the past 2 weeks, I have been inundated with phone calls, emails, 
and texts from frantic parents and terrified students who have 
experienced online hate, taunting from their fellow students, exposure 
to swastikas on their dorm walls and doors, chants of death to Israel 
and Jews, and seeing those words chalked on campus walkways. These 
students sat through anti-Israel and anti-Semitism rants by professors 
who were supposed to be teaching them, not spreading anti-Israel 
propaganda.

  Rallies were held by students and others who are ignorant about the 
history of the Middle East and ignorant about the 2,000-year history of 
anti-Semitism.
  Our education system is failing us, and we are seeing it come alive 
on our college campuses. We are seeing that failure at some of the most 
illustrious institutions in my State of North Carolina and at my own 
alma mater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  We are seeing the failure and inability of university presidents and 
university chancellors--people who are able to take the simple step of 
condemning terrorism against Israel and of condemning the gruesome 
attack by Hamas on innocent Israeli civilians and the taking of 
hostages--to simply call out and condemn anti-Semitism.
  They do this under the guise of free speech.
  Madam Speaker, I am glad that Members of Congress on both sides of 
the aisle are committed to standing strong against terrorism, anti-
Semitism, and all forms of hate on college campuses. This is critical.

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  This is an important and timely resolution that seeks to call out a 
deeply disturbing pattern of support for terrorism and anti-Semitism 
that we have been seeing on all too many college campuses in recent 
weeks.

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  I am appalled by the inability of our institutions of higher 
education to be able to stand up for what is right and to take on the 
initiative to use these incidents as a teaching opportunity. After all, 
what are our colleges and universities for if they are unable to use 
this opportunity to teach about what is right and what is accurate.
  I ask all my colleagues to join me in voting in support of this 
resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, in concluding this discussion, I have five 
words for American colleges: You reap what you sow.
  After failing miserably to condemn student support for terrorism on 
your campuses, Jewish students are now living in fear. The violent 
anti-Semitic protests of students educated on your campuses have 
brought to light what for decades has thrived in the dark.
  Many American universities are fundamentally adrift. Instead of an 
environment of enlightenment and one that unites diverse ideas, they 
have become incubators of hate. They call for inclusion yet exclude the 
Jewish people. They call for neutrality yet stoke the flames of culture 
wars that have brought us here.
  Deep in the humanities department, seas of bigotry have taken root. 
The poison fruits of a sanction ideology are now ripe for all to see. 
In the Committee on Education and the Workforce, we will call out 
rotten ideologies when we find them.
  At this moment, though, we must offer in the clearest terms the 
condemnation of Hamas brutality and violence. Now is the time for 
Congress to shine as an example of moral clarity both at home and 
abroad.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H. Res. 798, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Owens) that the House suspend the rules and 
agree to the resolution, H. Res. 798, as amended.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

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