[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1225-E1226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONDEMNING ANTISEMITISM ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND THE TESTIMONY OF 
   UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE 
                               WORKFORCE

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                               speech of

                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 13, 2023

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned about the rise of 
anti-Semitism on campuses. We must do all we can to put an end to this 
disturbing trend. Yet, Rep. Stefanik's Resolution, H. Res. 927, which I 
voted against, does not do that.
  The University presidents' responses at the House Education and the 
Workforce Committee hearing on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, were wholly 
inadequate and failed to make clear that the genocidal statements they 
were asked about were unacceptable and must be unequivocally condemned. 
Despite that, Congress is not a hiring and firing authority for private 
educational institutions. The Resolution is a cynical political ploy by 
a Member of Congress who lacks the moral authority to take a stance on 
this issue for a myriad of reasons.
  Rep. Stefanik is a supporter of known White Supremacists and their 
disgusting political ideologies. She is an avid supporter and endorser 
of ex-President Trump, who publicly described White Supremacists 
chanting ``Jews will not replace us'' as ``very fine people on both 
sides,'' who uses anti-Semitic tropes in campaign materials, and hosts 
holocaust revisionists at his home, including Nick Fuentes. Rep. 
Stefanik herself has echoed the messages of the ``Great Replacement 
Theory,'' a far-right, racist conspiracy theory that inspired the 
perpetrators of Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue massacre, among 
others.
  Instead of taking concrete actions to stop the tragic rise of anti-
Semitism on college campuses, this very serious issue is being 
politicized by the Majority. We all should vocally oppose anti-Semitism 
but this resolution is not genuine. I will not be a part of an over-
reaching political ruse. I will, instead, support appropriate and 
actionable measures in Congress.

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