Good morning. Today, were having a hearing on the Biden Administrations fiscal year 2025 budget request for the department of education. And then happy to welcome secretary cardona to her subcommittee once again. Mr. Secretary, looking forward to working in a bipartisan manner again this year with senator capito to help develop h hhs villa billick and pase come pass a senate, pass the senate be signed into law by the president. We did her last year but House Republicans insistence on partisan policy writers had to coding cuts that set our children young people up for success led to repeated shutdown, showdowns and crs. That culminated in passing final appropriation bills in march that we should a past months before. That can askance does nothing to help ensure our federal resources are used most effectively to serve the people we represent. It causes federal agencies to waste time and money instead of working to ensure every dollar we appropriate served our constituents. We cannot play
Adopt a broad definition of antisemitism use the International Holocaust mbrance alliance to enforce anrimination laws on College Campuses. And tied to some of the schism is perceived as the expression of genes that can be expresse as hatred, and drawn comparisons temporary is really policy to that of the nazis. This bill comes up as several lleges and universities have been dealing with proinian demonstrations that have forced some to cancel in class learning for student safety. 21 republicans joined 70 democrats voting against the legislation. The bill now is headed to the senate. Turbing trend of antisemitic trends in schools and campuses across the country. Antisemitic harassment on these University Campuses is not a completely new phenomenon. As early as 2005 the commission on human rights said antisemitism is a serious problem. A pew research that experience with antisemitism is more prevalent. A Brandeis Center found that antisemitism was pervasive on College Campuses with 54 on
Mr. Mcclintock h. R. 60 0 is to combat the disturbing trend of antisemitic trends in schools and campuses across the country. Antisemitic harassment on these University Campuses is not a completely new phenomenon. As early as 2005 the commission on human rights said antisemitism is a serious problem. A pew research that experience with antisemitism is more prevalent. A Brandeis Center found that antisemitism was pervasive on College Campuses with 54 on 55 campuses saying they experienced antisemitism during the 20132014 year. In 2021, Brandeis Center for law conducted a survey of jewish students finding that they felt unsafe while on campus. These fears are justified. The catalog of antisemitic harassment in americas institutions of Higher Learning is there for everybody to see. The incidents have increased following october 7, 2023 attacks perpetrated by hamas and allied groups. In late october, 2023, jewish students were forced to shoulder inside a library as propalestinian protestor
Say that they are speaking out for peace and against some of the violence and civilian deaths in gaza. They said they are answering the call by palestinian workers for peace and more aid to palestinians. We did speak with one of the organizers. Here is what she had to say about the palestinian General Federation of labor unions called on labor unions worldwide to suspend their may day, demanding a cease fire and lifting up the voices of palestinian workers. That are clear. And back here live at Frank Ogawa Plaza, you can see a tent there. They said that they also wanted this to be a moment to really bring people together. They had information about community services, information about how people could help. There was the freedom flotilla that was here talking about their efforts in the past couple weeks to get humanitarian aid to gaza. Many of them said that they do not harbor any resentment against the people of israel. They are really trying to do this in order to stop some of the v
They should have seen it. Antiisrael protesting on campuses across america are not so peaceful after all. Explosion of violence and destruction after days of Building Tension and encampments blew its top. Police sweeping in to restore order but many agitators, protestors, students and whoever is there as a big old crowd has vowed they are coming back. So some questions now. How exactly we got here. And to whom do we hold acceptable and how . What about accountability . I can tell you none of it is acceptable. Lets find out who is paying for it. Im harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus. A look at the chaos, just last night. The university of california los angeles, lets start there. [shouting] harris Protest Groups are fighting among themselves. People can get killed like this. We all know that. The adults in the room that the left is talking about. They arent out there. Thats for certain. So as that was going on fireworks ignited People Wielding sticks University Leaders calle