Dem Lawmaker Praises 'Unanimity' In Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Antisemitism

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At a House Ways & Means Committee hearing earlier this month, Rep. John Larson (D-CT) spoke about antisemitism on college campuses.

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00:00Mr. Larson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank all the witnesses,

00:06especially Talia, and for all you've been through. We appreciate your

00:13testimony and your passion and commitment. Also, Mr. Chairman, I want to

00:19commend this is not often on the committee do we see unanimity in

00:26terms of the forthright concern about anti-semitism and some of the

00:40compelling testimony and also some of the compelling questions from our

00:46colleagues. Along the lines of what a number of members have said, I wanted to

00:54ask our former colleague, Mr. Deutsch, especially because you're so familiar

00:59with the process, I would like to submit for the record a report from the

01:04Department of Education that shows that the Department of Education Office of

01:08Civil Rights has received a record number of discrimination complaints

01:14while losing department staff. And so that kind of cuts to the question that

01:23Mr. Marcus was asked as well, etc., and also plays to your response with

01:31regard to the administration. If your budget is cut and you have record number

01:37of complaints and we're not receiving the resources and the Department of

01:42Education isn't able to meet these critical cases, what happens especially

01:49when cases are put forward and they're left open for months? Mr. Deutsch, could

01:56you respond to that? Sure. First, just to follow up on Mr. Marcus' point, I think

02:03in your exchange with Mr. LaHood, I think it's really important for the

02:08department to be very clear about what the potential repercussions are

02:16for universities so that everyone understands. So that everyone understands

02:20what the result of these cases could be, where these could lead. The fact that

02:27they're now, it's a step forward that they're now disclosing the number of

02:31cases, I think it's really important to be clear about what the penalties are.

02:36And then at the same time, the good news is there are so many good news, bad news,

02:43but because of the situation we're in, there's a crisis. But they're stepping up

02:48to meet the crisis in launching these investigations. The problem is there

02:52aren't sufficient investigators. There aren't enough resources. I agree with

02:58Mr. Marcus that it's slow. The workload for each of the investigators almost

03:04guarantees that. They need additional funding so that you can bulk up the

03:10staff at this moment when these more investigators will mean a

03:14greater and a faster response.

Dem Lawmaker Praises 'Unanimity' In Ways & Means Committee Hearing on Antisemitism

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