[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H2989-H2991]
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            ADDRESSING IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING AMERICANS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 9, 2023, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Moore) is recognized for 
60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.


                             General Leave

  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this Special 
Order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Utah?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are addressing 
important issues affecting Americans across the country.
  This week, we passed legislation out of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee to stop the Biden administration from imposing further 
regulations on home appliances and pushing their rush to green energy 
agenda that squashes consumer choice.
  I can't believe we have to even say that in the U.S. House of 
Representatives, that we have to even deal with this type of 
nonsensical policy, but it is an important thing to do, to be able to 
push back on this, again, rush to green energy agenda that makes no 
sense.
  As Americans struggle with historic inflation and everyday goods and 
energy costs, it is important that we have the ability to purchase the 
appliances that best suit our needs rather than overregulated 
appliances that, per the Department of Energy's analysis, will increase 
upfront costs by nearly 30 percent.
  I hope Americans can understand that. This type of nonsensical 
overregulation is just going to cost them more money in an inflationary 
period that has been persistent since Biden took office.
  We continue to stand up to anti-Semitism on our college campuses and 
hold university leadership accountable. Speaker Johnson has convened a 
probe into the leadership failures at our colleges and universities and 
the ways that they have allowed dangerous and harmful protests to 
overrun their campuses, putting Jewish students and community members 
in danger. We will not stop until Jewish students feel safe on their 
campuses again. This is a basic, fundamental right.
  Last week, the House Committee on Homeland Security released 
documents that identified over 45 airports throughout the Nation that 
have been used by the Biden administration to secretly fly over 400,000 
illegal immigrants into the United States, from Miami to Los Angeles, 
from Washington to Chicago. As this crisis at our southern border 
continues to wreak havoc on our communities, this is unconscionable.
  President Biden's failed border policies have only further 
jeopardized our national security and risked the safety of our 
neighborhoods.
  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for my colleagues to be focused on these 
key important issues and for them to join me this evening briefly.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Owens).
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, after the October 7 terrorist attack on our 
ally Israel, a wave of hate has washed across our Nation. Our Nation's 
college campuses have been the focal point of a wave of anti-Semitism 
that I never thought I would see in America.
  I have heard directly from Jewish students at our elite universities 
who have seen anti-Semitic mobs up close, donned in their terrorist 
scarves while shouting in support of the terrorist group Hamas.
  These scenes are straight out of the Jim Crow 1960s South during the 
days of segregation and the KKK. The difference is the KKK bigots of my 
era hid their faces under white hoods. The pro-Hamas bigots today hide 
their cowardly faces behind face masks.
  It was my sincere hope that we had left this hate in the past, but 
the slow march of Marxism has spread like a virus. It has even affected 
our K-12 system, where our children as young as the second grade are 
spewing anti-Semitic chants of kill the Jews.
  Students, activist teachers, and administrators up until now have had

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zero accountability. Well, accountability is finally here.
  The people's House has the moral clarity to call out anti-Semitic 
hate and bigotry. As a House Republican majority, with committee 
oversight and the power of the purse, we are going to do the people's 
will and put an end to this Marxist-indoctrinated bigotry. We are 
putting all options on the table as we demand our educational 
institutions step up, do the right thing, and protect our Jewish 
students.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Utah for 
his steadfast voice on these key matters.
  Mr. Speaker, I am also grateful to welcome my colleague and the House 
Republican skipper to share his message.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Williams).
  Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, American campuses once respected 
and envied across the world have become breeding grounds for the 
radical left to promote their anti-America agenda.
  For weeks, Joe Biden, far-left Democrats, and university leaders have 
stood by as woke mobs have stormed college campuses across this Nation.
  These so-called leaders have allowed thousands of students to 
blatantly disregard the law and build encampments on campuses for the 
sole purpose of harassing and intimidating Jewish students, even 
physically barring them from attending class. Authorities have turned a 
blind eye as these hateful people continue to destroy property, deface 
statues, and burn the American flag.
  There must be consequences. We must respect our Nation and protect 
our schools and our students. This is not free speech. There are not 
peaceful protesters in this group. These are terrorists hiding behind 
masks and using violence, threats, and intimidation to control Jewish 
and Israeli students.
  Today, I am proud to introduce the No Student Loan Forgiveness for 
Antisemitic Criminals Act, which would bar any student who is arrested 
for engaging in anti-Semitic activities within the United States from 
receiving student loan forgiveness through Federal income-driven 
repayment programs.
  Clearly, these out-of-control students have never faced meaningful 
consequences in their lives. If woke leadership will not hold these 
violent protesters accountable and keep our students safe, House 
Republicans will. I can guarantee that defunding violent gender studies 
majors will end this chaos immediately.
  No one should feel unsafe on campus. Anti-Semitism is a virus that we 
cannot allow to spread. Let us not forget, on October 7, 2023, Israel 
was brutally attacked by Hamas. We must stand with Israel as they 
protect the future of Israel and the Jewish people.
  On another note, what in the world is going on with the Boy Scouts? 
In God we trust.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I will share a couple of thoughts 
about this. I actually think it is very important as we are going 
through this moment right now in our country, as we see protests 
continuing on at colleges, to emphasize the importance of peaceful 
protests, the things that are done lawfully. We don't probably spend as 
much time focusing on the good examples that come out of this.
  We have to be a nation of the rule of law. We have seen excellent 
examples from universities across the country as well taking a very 
clear, simple stance about offering opportunities for peaceful protest, 
but when they cross the line, they are going to be punished. We saw it 
from the University of Florida and others throughout the country.
  Those are things we need to highlight. Those are things that are 
important to celebrate, that we are navigating that tricky line of 
making sure that we have the ability to protest. That is fundamental to 
who we are as Americans, and I commend those leaders.
  Instead of just always talking about all the negative that is coming 
from this lawlessness that we see in a lot of ways, I commend those 
leaders who are across our country at different universities making it 
very clear that they are not going to tolerate anything that crosses 
the line. If you don't do that, you will continually see people cross 
the line.
  Now, commencement ceremonies are being canceled. These kids have 
families, parents. Kids and students have put countless hours into 
their education to get to this moment. The commencement ceremony is one 
of the most special things that you could do in your academic 
experience. To then give in to this overextending of their protest 
capabilities just ruins the experience.
  I hadn't even thought about it until I was talking to one of my 
colleagues, but this is the same group of people who probably had their 
graduations canceled because of COVID 4 years ago. Now, they are going 
through a similar type of situation. We are seeing it happen, popping 
up across the country. It is flat wrong.
  We need stronger leadership. We have shown that in the last few 
months from the House of Representatives with the House Republican 
hearings that we have had. I think what we saw with the inability to 
call out genocide for being against the code of conduct clearly is the 
wrong direction to go, and I think there was a nice recourse. People 
lost their jobs because of it, as they should have.
  This is going to be one of those moments when they are not doing 
enough to protect the silent majority on these campuses that want to 
attend class, that want to put their money to use in something 
productive.
  The more that this type of nonsense continues to happen, we are going 
to see a shift away from these types of universities that aren't 
focused on what they should be focusing on, which is preparing those 
young minds and those students for the next-generation workforce. That 
is somehow lost in all of this. We are seeing it.
  I am proud to represent a State that does such a good job with higher 
education. We are not immune to protests and things like that, but we 
are doing the best we possibly can to make sure that the rule of law is 
followed.
  My oldest son is 11. I can't imagine helping out with tuition one day 
and then not even being able to go to a commencement or my son not even 
being able to get to class because of a group of people who have no 
idea and don't understand centuries and centuries of turmoil in a 
particular region. Hamas was elected 15 or so years ago and has made it 
impossible for Palestinians and citizens of Gaza to remove them from 
power. It has inflicted so much evil will on those innocent 
Palestinians, but they want to be in a position of supporting them.
  It is fascinating that they think that they have it all figured out, 
that they understand Middle East policy, that they understand centuries 
and centuries of turmoil. It flat doesn't make sense. As a parent, to 
have a university president not be able to move forward to continue on 
with commencement is beyond me.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett).

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  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about the 
consequences that come when we stay home on election day.
  Since President Biden took the oath of office on January 20, 2021, 
this country has been unrecognizable. Unrecognizable, Mr. Speaker. We 
will lose it completely if we don't get out in November and vote for 
constitutionalists who will defend the oath they took. We are in a 
battle for our way of life, and we better start acting like it.
  Since Biden took office, he has let over 10 million illegal aliens 
cross our border, the government has completely weaponized our Federal 
agencies against the beliefs and interests of the American people, and 
war has broken out around the globe.
  If you don't want to keep paying hundreds of billions of dollars to 
clothe, house, and make sure illegals are getting quality medical care 
before the veterans who served our country, dadgummit, you better get 
out and vote.
  If you don't want to see theft and assault in broad daylight, violent 
protests in our streets and on our kids' college campuses, and see our 
men and women in law enforcement demonized, dadgummit, you better get 
out and vote.
  If you don't want public school systems to tell your children that 
changing their gender is okay, that praying in public is wrong, and 
that our flag is

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a reason not to stand for the national anthem, you all better get out 
and vote.
  If you want a secure border, a fair justice system, and law and order 
in our communities, you better get out and vote.
  If you want a military that is focused on its mission and not about 
meeting diversity quotas and having male recruiters out in dresses, you 
all better get out and vote.
  If you want cheap, clean energy that is made in America instead of 
relying on our enemies, we better get out and vote.
  If you want to quit sending money overseas to pay for drag shows and 
climate initiatives, we better get out and vote.
  If you don't like where we have been, don't like where we are now, 
and don't like where we are going, folks, we better get out and vote.
  Mr. MOORE of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that great 
message.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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