Aguilar Pressed On Whether He Supports Stripping Funding From Schools That Enable Antisemitism
During a press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) was asked about his stance on stripping funding from schools over antisemitism.
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00:00Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Do you support the idea of stripping public funding and government
00:07funding away from some of these colleges and universities if it's proven that they have
00:11allowed latent anti-Semitism to occur on campus?
00:15These colleges and universities have a responsibility, as the Vice Chair mentioned, to ensure that
00:21everybody has the ability to protest and to make their voice heard, but they have a responsibility
00:28to honor the safety of individuals, and for many of Jewish descent, they do not feel safe,
00:34and that is a real issue. They have a responsibility here. We should allow them to act before we
00:41create new rules and regulations, but it is completely appropriate for Congress to have
00:48discussions, but I have not seen anything to date that I would be willing to support.
00:56Right now, the important thing, as I mentioned, is we need to ensure safety on these college
01:04campuses, and the schools play such an important role in that. They have guidance. They have
01:10rules. They need to enforce those before Congress creates new ones.