Folks, it seems like every day we see new lows from the Biden Administration. But this one really takes the cake: President Joe Biden had the audacity to call hardworking Americans “garbage.” You read that right. Biden and his elite circle think they can mock and belittle everyday Americans just because they see things differently. This is more than a slip-up—it’s an insult to the core of who we are as a nation.

It’s a dangerous move, setting a target on anyone willing to stand up for their beliefs. They’re telling you that if you dare to speak out, go to the “wrong” rally, or support the “wrong” ideas, you’ll be written off. They’ve already turned a blind eye to the border crisis, crime surges, and soaring prices that keep hardworking families up at night. Now, they’re silencing voices and labeling dissenters with every insult they can think of.

It’s time to say enough.

America isn’t made up of elites who look down on their neighbors. We’re the small business owners, the parents fighting for our kids, the men and women making an honest living. We’re certainly not “garbage,” and we’re not going to let them get away with saying otherwise.

This week, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce released its report “Antisemitism On College Campuses Exposed,” highlighting how there has been a systematic failure by universities and their leaders to implement and uphold policies to protect Jewish students, student organizations, and faculty members. The report reveals an utter failure by cowardice administrators to combat antisemitism and calls for a reassessment of federal support for postsecondary institutions that fail to protect its Jewish community. 
 
MAKE NO MISTAKE: House Republicans will always stand against antisemitism and fight to protect Jewish students on American college campuses.

KEY FINDINGS:

• Students who established unlawful antisemitic encampments—which violated university policies and created unsafe and hostile learning environments—were given shocking concessions. Universities’ dereliction of leadership and failure to enforce their rules put students and personnel at risk.
  • Northwestern put radical anti-Israel faculty in charge of negotiations with the encampment
  • Northwestern’s provost shockingly approved of a proposal to boycott Sabra hummus
  • Northwestern entertained demands to hire an “anti-Zionist” rabbi and Northwestern President Michael Schill may have misled Congress in testimony regarding the matter
  • Columbia’s leaders offered greater concessions to encampment organizers than they publicly acknowledged
  • UCLA officials stood by and failed to act as the illegal encampment violated Jewish students’ civil rights and placed the campus at risk 
• So-called university leaders intentionally declined to express support for campus Jewish communities. Instead of explicitly condemning antisemitic harassment, universities equivocated out of concern of offending antisemitic students and faculty who rallied in support of foreign terrorist organizations.
  • Harvard leaders’ failure to condemn Hamas’ attack in their widely criticized October 9 statement was an intentional decision
  • Harvard President Claudine Gay and then-Provost Alan Garber asked Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker not to label the slogan “From the River to the Sea” antisemitic, with Gay fearing doing so would create expectations Harvard would have to impose discipline
  • The Columbia administration failed to correct false narratives of a “chemical attack” that were used to vilify Jewish students, but imposed disproportionate discipline on the Jewish students involved
• Universities utterly failed to impose meaningful discipline for antisemitic behavior that violated school rules and the law. In some cases, radical faculty successfully thwarted meaningful discipline.
  • Universities failed to enforce their rules and hold students accountable for antisemitic conduct violations
  • Columbia’s University Senate obstructed plans to discipline students involved in the takeover of Hamilton Hall
  • Harvard’s faculty intervened to prevent meaningful discipline toward antisemitic conduct violations on numerous occasions
  • Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker acknowledged that the university’s disciplinary boards’ enforcement of the rules is “uneven” and called this “unacceptable”
• So-called university leaders expressed hostility to congressional oversight and criticism of their record. The antisemitism engulfing campuses was treated as a public-relations issue and not a serious problem demanding action.
  • Harvard president Claudine Gay disparaged Rep. Elise Stefanik’s character to the university’s Board of Overseers
  • Columbia’s leaders expressed contempt for Congressional oversight of campus antisemitism
  • Penn’s leaders suggested politicians calling for President Magill’s resignation were “easily purchased” and sought to orchestrate negative media coverage of Members of Congress who scrutinized the University 

BOTTOM LINE: The Committee’s investigation not only revealed a systemic failure by university leaders to enforce and apply existing policies to antisemitic students, student organizations, and faculty members, but also an unwillingness to combat antisemitism in general. 
 
The Committee’s findings indicate the need for a more fundamental reassessment of federal support for postsecondary institutions that have failed to meet their obligations to protect Jewish students, faculty, and staff, and that have failed to maintain a safe and uninterrupted learning environment for all students.

Yesterday, I had the honor of stopping by the Vidor Police Department to present Officers Michael Stephenson and Ashton Moss with a Congressional Record, which will be preserved in the Capitol for posterity, along with a flag flown over the Capitol and a Challenge Coin to recognize their courageous, life-saving actions in the face of a family’s worst nightmare.

We are truly blessed to have Officers Stephenson and Moss watching over our community. Their swift and selfless response saved the lives of two young boys and serves as a shining example of the very best in law enforcement—heroism in service to others. It was a privilege to present these dedicated officers with a small token of our gratitude for their extraordinary service.

This is what I submitted into the Congressional Record: (The Congressional Record is the official, permanent record of the debates, speeches, and decisions made in the U.S. Congress, capturing all proceedings in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to ensure transparency and accountability for the American public.)

Do you believe the Biden-Harris Administration is deliberately using immigration courts to grant 'quiet amnesty' to illegal aliens, allowing them to remain in the U.S. indefinitely without consequence?

Yes: 80.3%

No: 19.7%