HELP chairman Bernie Sanders avoids agreeing to campus antisemitism hearings
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Bernie Sanders wouldn't say whether he would hold hearings on campus antisemitism in his capacity as HELP committee chairman, saying he is "concerned about bigotry of all kinds."
Asked a second time whether the committee would be willing to hold hearings on displays of campus antisemitism, such as the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, which has led the school to make classes virtual and a rabbi recommending Jewish students return home, Sanders would not say. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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The Vermont senator was urged Monday to hold hearings on the subject by his Republican counterpart on the committee. HELP ranking member Bill Cassidy, R-La., said in a statement, "Chair Sanders and the Senate HELP Committee need to hold a hearing and conduct oversight of this eroding situation.