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HELP Committee lawmakers, hearing witnesses disagree on Trump admin higher ed policy
During the committee’s first hearing on campus antisemitism, participants also differed on the dismantling of the Department of Education and foreign funding of universities
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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) (L) during a hearing with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held its first hearing specifically focused on campus antisemitism since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks, where panel members and witnesses sparred over the Trump administration’s overall response to...