Video, Photos, and Rush Transcript: Congressman Dan Goldman Condemns the Normalization of Antisemitism on the House Floor

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) yesterday delivered a speech on the House floor highlighting the alarming rise and normalization of antisemitism around the country and urged members of Congress to come together to fight hate.

VIDEO of the speech is available here.

PHOTOS of the speech are available here.

A rush transcript of the Congressman’s speech is available below:

I rise today during Jewish American Heritage Month with a message of grave concern about the troubling rise in antisemitism around the country and the even more troubling normalization of that antisemitism.

Recent data shows that antisemitic incidents rose again last year by 36 percent, and New York continues to lead the country in such hateful incidents.

I am not immune from it myself, as you can see from just a small sampling of antisemitic attacks I personally have received on social media.

At a recent Judiciary Committee field hearing in my district, a man welcomed us with this sign about George Soros, which is unquestionably and flagrantly antisemitic.

As the Biden administration prepares to roll out its national strategy to counter antisemitism, I urge my friends on the other side of the aisle to stop invoking George Soros’s name and join together to combat the startling rise in antisemitism.

I yield back.

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