{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-participates-ways-and-means-committee-hearing-antisemitism-across-us", "Miller Participates in Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Antisemitism Across U.S. College Campuses", "2024-06-13", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) participated in a Ways and Means Committee Hearing to discuss the continued antisemitism on college campuses across the country and the Committee's ongoing investigation into the issue.\n\nImage\n\nCongresswoman Miller began her remarks by relaying her concerns of the growing antisemitism across the United States. She asked Talia Dror, a recent graduate from Cornell University, if she has received any support from the faculty or the University in planning for her post-college life.\n\n\u201cI am horrified by the acts of antisemitism. I can\u2019t really comprehend it. Ms. Dror, you seem like a very strong young woman. I\u2019m proud of you, and I commend you for the bravery of standing up for yourself, and of course, congratulations on your graduation. I\u2019m sorry that you really didn\u2019t have the experience of enjoying your senior year, hanging out, and looking forward to graduation. Did you have any help from the university planning ahead of where you are going to go with your life in your senior year? Did you have any of that kind of support?\u201d asked Congresswoman Miller.\n\n\u201cI just graduated and had a pretty busy year trying to deal with the hatred on my campus. I have sent multiple emails to my university, calling out the hate, asking for help, asking them to do something. I\u2019ve been met with generic email responses saying, \u2018Please see the office with help, care, love, and hugs,\u2019 and that absolutely will not do it for me. I\u2019ve also turned to career services for help. I remember particularly in one meeting, I was working with a staff member, when she told me, \u2018By the way, I just want you to know, people might not hire you because of your political involvement.\u2019 My political involvement is standing against Jews feeling afraid to walk on their campus. If people aren\u2019t hiring me, we have a much, much bigger problem. That\u2019s bigotry,\u201d responded Ms. Dror.\n\nCongresswoman Miller continued her questioning by asking the Honorable Kenneth L. Marcus, Founder & Chairman of Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law about his thoughts on Institutional Neutrality across colleges and universities.\n\n\u201cMr. Marcus, in spite of instances of physical violence against Jewish students, universities have still held to inaction. They\u2019re hiding behind \u2018free speech\u2019 as the reasoning for their silence. Violence is not free speech. Many colleges and universities have adopted a policy of what is called \u2018Institutional Neutrality,\u2019 which means that the institution won\u2019t take a public position on social or political issues unless it threatens the very mission of that school and its values. Since its creation, Institutional Neutrality has since been adopted by a number of schools across the country. What do you think of this policy of Institutional Neutrality?\u201d asked Congresswoman Miller.\n\n\u201cWhen the principle of Institutional Neutrality first became popular, I thought it was a fine idea because too many institutions are taking the wrong sides of issues and impairing the environment on their campus by doing so. On the other hand, I noticed that there are many institutions that are now adopting that principle only when they've been asked to condemn terrorist attacks against the Jewish people. Then all of a sudden, they say, \u2018Oh, well maybe we don\u2019t want to have to take a stand. Maybe if we adopt this principle, we will have some sort of cover, some sort of excuse for why we don\u2019t do it.\u2019 I would say that in those instances, it\u2019s not really about neutrality. It\u2019s about cowardice and should be called out as such,\u201d responded Mr. Marcus.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-participates-ways-and-means-committee-hearing-antisemitism-across-us"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.80491928383708, "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"}