Pete Aguilar Previews Upcoming Vote On Bill To Help Department Of Education To Monitor Antisemitism

6 months ago

During a press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) spoke about a bill to combat antisemitism.

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00:00 Max.

00:01 On the House floor, is there going to be a bill, a law or bill, that's bipartisan, to

00:02 expand the definition of anti-Semitism to allow the Department of Education to go after

00:03 some of these schools?

00:04 Do you support this bill, and what are your thoughts on how the caucus might react to

00:13 this?

00:16 We had Ranking Member Nadler this morning speak on the bill, as well as Representative

00:21 Kathy Manning.

00:23 If Democrats were in control, her bill, that is, by the way, bipartisan and bicameral,

00:30 that addresses anti-Semitism, would be our chosen vehicle.

00:35 So we talked through that a little bit, and she presented her bill, as she has in a number

00:39 of different opportunities, presented to the leadership team and to each of us.

00:45 President Biden created an office to stamp out anti-Semitism.

00:49 What her bill would do is ensure that an individual whose charge and mandate is to do that work

00:56 is based from the White House.

00:59 It's important work, and codifying that, putting that into law, what the President has done,

01:05 is important.

01:06 And that would be our preference.

01:08 We heard from Representative Manning.

01:10 We heard from Representative Nadler, Ranking Member Nadler.

01:13 We may have continued conversation about the bill tomorrow morning in the WIP meeting,

01:19 and I trust that members are going to do what they feel is in their best interest, guided

01:26 by their constituents and their values.

01:29 I would anticipate it's a bipartisan bill, that there will be Democrats supportive of

01:34 the bill.

01:36 While not perfect, I think some will be supportive of it.

Pete Aguilar Previews Upcoming Vote On Bill To Help Department Of Education To Monitor Antisemitism

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