[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, on May 21, Sarah and Yaron were leaving an 
event at the Capital Jewish Museum. They worked at the Israeli Embassy 
and were planning their engagement, but their future together was cut 
short when a man yelling, ``Free Palestine,'' murdered them.
  This past weekend, 12 people who gathered weekly to bring attention 
to the hostages held captive by Hamas were firebombed by an anti-
Semitic terrorist in Boulder, Colorado. Committing violent acts and 
murder against Americans living their everyday lives is not justifiable 
protest.
  These two unconscionable tragedies in just the past 2 weeks are a 
product of a terrifying rise in anti-Semitism in our country. Sadly, 
this does not come as a surprise to the American Jewish community, who 
regularly face hatred and threats.
  According to AJC, roughly 7 in 10 Jewish adults have experienced 
anti-Semitism online, and 77 percent feel less safe in America over the 
past 18 months.
  I will be clear that I do not stand for normalizing hate and anti-
Semitism. I stand with the Jewish community in my district and around 
the country against these increasingly brazen attacks.

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