{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-sends-letter-to-new-university-of-minnesota-president-asking-for-plan-to-protect-jewish-students-on-campus", "Emmer sends letter to new University of Minnesota President asking for plan to protect Jewish students on Campus", "2024-07-02", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Tom Emmer", "E000294", "emmer.house.gov", "emmer", "https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Tom Emmer sent a letter to the new University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham seeking clarity on her plans to protect Jewish students in the upcoming academic year.\n\n\"Last school year, Jewish students at the University of Minnesota faced harassment and intimidation as the campus was taken over by radical, pro-Hamas activists. The University of Minnesota is now on record endorsing a concept that has been used to justify terrorism and the antisemitic view that Israel should not exist; this is unacceptable and needs to be addressed,\u201d Congressman Emmer said.\n\n\u201cWe look forward to hearing from President Cunningham on her plans to ensure the University of Minnesota is a safe and welcoming environment for Jewish students,\u201d Congressman Emmer concluded.\n\nBackground:\n\nFollowing a troubling school year marked by harassment and intimidation from pro-Hamas activists, Congressman Emmer demands President Cunningham outlines her plans to ensure the safety of Jewish students.\n\nThe letter goes on to ask President Cunningham to rectify and address the University\u2019s endorsement of the Palestinian Liberation Organization\u2019s \u201cThawabit,\u201d which advocates for the destruction of the State of Israel.\n\nThis letter follows an inquiry Congressman Emmer sent to interim University President Jeff Ettinger in April asking for his plan to keep Jewish students safe following the pro-terrorist, antisemitic protests that unfolded on campus. You can read more about the April letter, here. You can view interim President Ettinger's response to Emmer's April letter, here.\n\nYou can read Congressman Emmer\u2019s letter in its entirety, here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-sends-letter-to-new-university-of-minnesota-president-asking-for-plan-to-protect-jewish-students-on-campus"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4741062186658382, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}