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TIME CHANGE: Chair Kiley to Hold Hearing to Combat Workplace Antisemitism in Postsecondary Education — Tomorrow at 10:00 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2024
WASHINGTON – Tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), will hold a hearing titled “Combating Workplace Antisemitism in Postsecondary Education: Protecting Employees from Discrimination.”

“As employers, colleges have a legal duty and moral obligation to protect staff and faculty from discrimination and harassment,” said Chairman Kiley. “The Committee’s wide-reaching antisemitism investigation exposed these institutions’ troubling pattern of willful dereliction of their legal duties and failure to address and prevent antisemitic incidents. This hearing will allow Committee members to hold these colleges accountable for their inability to protect their employees from abuse and unlawful discrimination.” 

What: 
Subcommittee hearing titled “Combating Workplace Antisemitism in Postsecondary Education: Protecting Employees from Discrimination” 

When: 
10:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Where: 
2175 Rayburn House Office Building

Witnesses:
  • Mr. Mark Rienzi, President and CEO, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
  • Professor Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of California 
  • Ms. Melissa Emrey-Arras, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, U.S. Government Accountability Office 
  • Professor Dafna Golden, Geography Professor, Mt. San Antonio College 
Press: 
The hearing is open to the press and will be live-streamed on the Committee’s YouTube page. 

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