DeSaulnier: GOP Are 'Complicit In The Degradation' Of Agencies That Enforce Civil Rights Laws

Hinzugefügt: 2026-06-01

[00:00:02]All right, the gentle lady yields and let's see where is it.

[00:00:09]Okay, okay.

[00:00:14]All right, now I'd like to recognize our ranking member for your closing remarks since it looks like we have no further questions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[00:00:23]First, I want to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record three items.

[00:00:29]The Senate help Democratic staff report entitled Justice Denied, Trump's Office of Civil Rights reached a 12-year low in protecting students from discrimination.

[00:00:39]Number two, a Politico Pro Morning Education article entitled A Sinking Ship, Employees Flee ED's Civil Rights Office.

[00:00:47]And number three, a National Council of Jewish Women's amicus brief signed by 50 faith-based organization to protect metaphysical poor pronunciation access to the Supreme Court.

[00:01:04]Without objection.

[00:01:06]Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do really want to thank all of the witnesses. I think all of your testimony has helped me um and we really want to just say again how much I feel like we should work together. We can have legitimate differences. I can see some of the differences having many friends in the union movement and health care unions in particular in California and across the country. So, let's have that conversation, but let's focus on what's undeniable that anti-Semitism is unacceptable in any form and we should work together to make sure that there are consequences for people who practice it. And to the [clears throat] question about education and Barney Frank, we must deal with the ignorance around anti-Semitism and its effects in the workplace.

[00:01:52]So, that Mr. Chairman, again combating anti-Semitism and every every form of discrimination is a moral imperative that demands action by all of us. As a member of the bipartisan task force for combating anti-Semitism, I take this responsibility very seriously. It is not enough to ask promise to make promises or change slogans. We must fight every day to ensure that no one is threatened, harassed, or assaulted because of who they are in America, particularly in medical settings where people are giving and receiving life-saving care, as all of our witnesses have have mentioned.

[00:02:30]Those involved must be provided with dignity and respect.

[00:02:34]Regrettably, discrimination and inequalities in health care are not new issues. Many individuals and groups have been treated as lesser than and given inadequate treatment, and although we have taken steps to change that, we still have a long way to go in this country.

[00:02:50]I however, I fear that only focusing on anti-Semitism in that in that way, that weaponizes it against unions and health care entities, my colleagues are not only failing to address the concerns of million millions of Americans who also experience discrimination every day, but are also failing to exercise appropriate oversight regarding regarding this administration's policies that have sidelined civil rights agencies and have and have distracted from this their mission.

[00:03:20]These agencies should be fully resourced and staffed to focus on the enforcement of our federal civil rights laws.

[00:03:28]Instead, they are complicit in the degradation of these agencies, undermining their ability to combat anti-Semitism and enforce the laws we have in place to de fight to fight that discrimination.

[00:03:41]We need to take anti-Semitism in all of its forms of discrimination seriously.

[00:03:47]But too often, my colleagues across the aisle use these hearings as an excuse to threaten any person, institution, or movement that have that they happen to disagree with with or without offering any solution. Often rather often than to get rid of the offending party entirely.

[00:04:05]It may be politically expedient to do so, but that fails to serve the broader goal of protecting Jewish Americans and others from discrimination and conducting robust enforcement of our civil rights law.

[00:04:19]Democrats remain committed to working with you to do just that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back.