{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-condemns-antisemitism-at-senate-judiciary-hearing", "Grassley Condemns Antisemitism at Senate Judiciary Hearing", "2024-09-17", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today participated in a hearing to shine light on the rise of antisemitism in America.\n\nAntisemitic incidents and threats in the U.S., particularly on college campuses, spiked following Hamas\u2019 October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Significant unrest this spring, including violent protests and campus encampments, resulted in disruption to class schedules, cancellation of commencement ceremonies and over 1,000 arrests.\n\nGrassley has called on the Biden-Harris administration to better protect Jewish and Israeli students by upholding and enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws. He introduced bipartisan legislation instructing the Education Department to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2019s working definition of antisemitism when enforcing anti-discrimination laws on campus. During questioning, Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder, Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, reaffirmed the need for a clear definition of antisemitism to strengthen enforcement capabilities and protect Jewish individuals.\n\nVIDEO\n\nGrassley\u2019s questions of Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, follow.\n\nAntisemitism on College Campuses:\n\nAre some higher education institutions, either wittingly or unwittingly, shielding or even fostering antisemitism in the United States today?\n\nBiden-Harris Admin\u2019s Response to Antisemitism:\n\nHave the Department of Justice and the Department of Education, in this administration, done enough to address the epidemic of hate speech and antisemitism on college campuses?\n\nWhat more should this administration be doing?\n\nHamas Funding Collegiate Anti-Israel Protests:\n\nWhat have you discovered about Hamas\u2019 potential funding of college protests and what evidence have you relied on to form your opinion?\n\nForeign Actors Exploiting Civil Unrest:\n\nIn the same vein as my previous question, there have been media reports citing Iran, Russia and other international actors as taking advantage of and stoking recent civil unrest here.\n\nWhat do you think can be done to counter this malignant influence?\n\nThe Recent Rise of Antisemitism and Hate Speech:\n\nIn your assessment, what has allowed for the recent rise of antisemitism and hate in our communities?", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-condemns-antisemitism-at-senate-judiciary-hearing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3500829227268696, "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"}