Elise Stefanik and Josh Gottheimer Launch Bipartisan Caucus to Combat Campus Antisemitism
The caucus will coordinate oversight, push campus policy enforcement and advance antisemitism legislation after Jewish students reported harassment on too many campuses, Gottheimer said.
- On Tuesday, Representative Josh Gottheimer and Elise Stefanik launched the Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses Caucus at Vanderbilt University to coordinate congressional oversight of institutional responses to campus antisemitism.
- Since Oct, Jewish students have faced escalating harassment and intimidation on campuses, prompting Stefanik and Gottheimer to establish the caucus. Stefanik, retiring at term's end, has prioritized combating antisemitism in higher education for several years.
- The caucus will bring university leaders to Capitol Hill, enforce existing anti-harassment policies, and advance legislation including the Antisemitism Awareness Act, the HEAL Act, and the House-passed Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act.
- Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and leaders from the University of Kentucky, University of Texas at Austin, Dartmouth College, the University of Alabama, and Washington University participated in the launch event. Diermeier said he was "very optimistic" about universities' efforts to curb antisemitism.
- If Democrats retake the House, Rep. Jamie Raskin plans to probe investigations into Columbia Universities, Harvard, and Brown. Raskin described current administration efforts regarding campus antisemitism as essentially "fraudulent.
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Stefanik, Gottheimer Launch Bipartisan Caucus To Combat Campus Antisemitism
NASHVILLE, TENN. (VINnews) — A Republican from New York and a Democrat from New Jersey announced a new House caucus this week aimed at confronting antisemitism on American college campuses, pairing congressional oversight with pressure on universities to protect Jewish students. Reps. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., unveiled the Combating Antisemitism on College […]
Reps. Elise Stefanik, Josh Gottheimer launch bipartisan congressional caucus to confront campus antisemitism
The Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses Caucus will provide a bipartisan avenue for lawmakers to "coordinate oversight of how" schools of higher learning react to antisemitism, sources say.
U.S. Reps Announce New Congressional Caucus to Combat College Campus Antisemitism During Visit to Vanderbilt University
U.S. Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) announced the launch of a bipartisan congressional caucus focused on combating antisemitism on college campuses during a visit to Vanderbilt University in Nashville on Tuesday.
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