Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

The pro-Hamas protests we are seeing now play out on TV that are taking place on college campuses are living proof of what happens when we tolerate hate and ignorance.

I recently spoke with the aunt of a 4-year-old girl who saw her parents and siblings murdered on October 7 by Hamas, and she was held hostage for 51 days, a 4-year-old held hostage after seeing her parents killed in front of her.

That is the behavior that anti-Semitic college students are tolerating? It is disgusting, and it is criminal. They are learning it from those at the very top. We had a hearing not too long ago where college presidents refused to state that calling for the genocide of Jews was against their code of conduct.

Jewish students should feel safe on campus and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. All students do. The Department of Education needs to use every tool at its disposal to provide Jewish students with a safe environment to learn.

Our laws should clearly reflect that discrimination includes the indisputable anti-Semitic rhetoric calling for violence against Jews. There are far too many inexcusable examples from this year alone, and this must stop. It cannot go on.

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