Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I rise today in opposition to the so-called End Woke Higher Education Act. There is a lot we could be doing in Congress to improve higher education, and this is not it. This bill combines two extreme bills into one, attacking intellectual freedom and diversity on college campuses while fanning the flames of culture war rhetoric to score political points. This so-called End Woke Higher Education Act would allow institutions of higher education to eliminate policies and programs that protect students and staff from discrimination because of who they are, where they come from, what they believe, or who they love. By forbidding accreditors from considering diversity and inclusion efforts and allowing schools to require all applicants and employees to abide by a statement of faith, colleges and universities would be free to remove curricula that highlight the historical experience of marginalized groups. They could reject students from attending federally funded institutions based on the student's religious beliefs. Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on college campuses is a pervasive problem, yet this bill would open the door for more schools to discriminate against Jewish or Muslim students solely because of their faith. Is it woke to believe that Jewish and Muslim students should be able to attend the schools they choose and join the clubs that fit their interests?…”