Political Quotes

“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.…”