{"id":2233843,"date":"2024-04-30T16:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-invites-more-university-leaders-to-congress-as-part-of-gop-crackdown-on-antisemitism\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:26:09","slug":"house-invites-more-university-leaders-to-congress-as-part-of-gop-crackdown-on-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-invites-more-university-leaders-to-congress-as-part-of-gop-crackdown-on-antisemitism\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP urges additional university leaders to testify in Congress as part of crackdown on antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-invites-more-university-leaders-to-congress-as-part-of-gop-crackdown-on-antisemitism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virginia Foxx, \u2063Chairwoman of \u2062the House Education\u2062 and Workforce Committee, called for three\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-campus-anti-semitism-skyrockets-even-as-coronavirus-forces-remote-learning\/\" title=\"Report: Campus Anti-Semitism Skyrockets Even as Coronavirus Forces Remote Learning\">university leaders<\/a> to testify on Capitol Hill about\u2063 the surge of antisemitism on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">college campuses<\/a>. This initiative is part of the House GOP&#8217;s campaign against anti-Jewish activities. The leaders summoned include those from Yale, the University of Michigan, and \u2064UCLA. The event is\u2062 scheduled for May 23, aimed\u2064 at addressing recent incidents. Foxx \u2063emphasized Congress&#8217;s zero tolerance for negligence towards Jewish \u2064students and declared reclaiming universities. \u2063Previous testimonies led \u200dto resignations at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.\u200d The spotlight is\u2063 on Columbia\u200d University&#8217;s President, facing calls for resignation amidst \u200dheightened scrutiny. Other House \u2063committees \u200dare \u2064also intensifying efforts to combat antisemitism, promising increased \u2063oversight\u200d and enforcement actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2911011\/virginia-foxx-launches-antisemitism-investigation-into-mit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Virginia Foxx\">Virginia Foxx<\/a> (R-NC) asked three additional university leaders to testify on Capitol Hill over the rise of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a> on college campuses as part of the House GOP\u2019s crackdown on anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jewish<\/a> demonstrations and protests.<\/p>\n<p>Foxx said during a Tuesday press conference with several House committee chairs that she has sent notices to appear to Presidents Peter Salovey of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/yale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yale University<\/a> and Santa Ono of the University of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan<\/a> and Chancellor Gene Block of the University of California, Los Angeles for an Education committee hearing on May 23 \u201con their handling of the most recent outrages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Republican leaders we have a clear message for mealy-mouthed, spineless college leaders: Congress will not tolerate your dereliction of duty to your Jewish students,\u201d Foxx said. \u201cAmerican universities are officially put on notice that we have come to take our universities back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former presidents from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania and the current presidents of MIT and Columbia University have testified previously before the committee on the levels of antisemitism on their campuses. Following their testimonies on Capitol Hill, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2445423\/upenn-president-resigns-in-the-wake-of-controversial-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resigned<\/a> in December last year, and Harvard President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2710097\/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-following-weeks-of-scandal-and-scrutiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claudine Gay resigned in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Columbia President Nemat Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on \u201cColumbia in Crisis: Columbia University\u2019s Response to Antisemitism\u201d on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and several other House Republicans have called on Columbia\u00a0President Minouche Shafik\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2978428\/johnson-stares-down-jeers-at-hostile-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"resign \" in disgrace>resign \u201cin disgrace,\u201d<\/a> while some House Democrats have warned Shafik to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2974644\/house-democrat-columbia-president-antisemitic-protests-job-on-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"look to Gay and Magill's situations as a warning\">look to Gay and Magill\u2019s departures as a warning<\/a> for what will happen if Shafik cannot bring order to her campus.<\/p>\n<p>Several other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-major-dem-campaign-groups-promise-to-return-donations-from-sam-bankman-fried\/\" title=\"Three Major Dem Campaign Groups Promise to Return Donations From Sam Bankman-Fried\">committees announced<\/a> their approach to crack down on antisemitism, such as House Judiciary, Oversight, and Energy and Commerce committees. <\/p>\n<p>Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said the committee will be increasing oversight of institutions that have received public funds and \u201ccracking down on those who are in violation of the Civil Rights Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said Republicans on the committee sent letters to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asking \u201cthree fundamental questions\u201d: how many students on visas are engaging in pro-Palestinian demonstrations; if that number is known, has the State Department been asked to revoke the visas; and if that has been done, has the Homeland Security Department begun removal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overriding question is real simple: Are individuals advocating for the destruction of our dearest and closest ally, the State of Israel, and engaged in this antisemitic behavior \u2014 is that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threat<\/a>? We think it is, and we think we deserve \u2014 the American people deserve \u2014 the answers to those three fundamental questions,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n<p>Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) said the committee has written letters to universities asking them to disclose donations or funding they have received from foreign governments, as well as demanding whether any disciplinary action has been taken against those making death threats \u201cwhile the university was telling folks they shouldn\u2019t be worried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson added that if universities do not allow police on their campuses to \u201cbring order to the chaos\u201d and do not adhere to policy demands, the House will act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will see Congress respond in kind: you are going to see funding sources begin to dry up, you\u2019re going to see every level of accountability that we can muster, and that\u2019s what this work of these committees and these fine chairpersons are gonna be involved in,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ll say stay tuned, and you\u2019ll see much more,\u201d Johnson added.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Yale, UCLA, and the University of Michigan for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House GOP&#8217;s Education and Workforce Committee Chair, Virginia Foxx (R-NC), called on three more university leaders to testify on Capitol Hill regarding the escalating antisemitism at colleges. 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