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‘Enough is Enough': Foxx Introduces Bipartisan Bill Prohibiting Aid to Universities That Boycott Israel

2024-11-29

[Free Beacon] Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, unveiled a bipartisan bill that would prohibit federal aid from flowing to universities that boycott Israel.

Foxx unveiled the measure, the "Protect Economic Freedom Act," alongside Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D., N.J.) on Tuesday. It would amend the Higher Education Act to bar universities that engage in the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement from receiving federal student aid. Under the legislation, universities must submit annual certifications to the Department of Education, showing they are not engaged in a commercial boycott of Israel.

"Enough is enough. Appeasing the antisemitic mobs on college campuses threatens the safety of Jewish students and faculty, and it undermines the relationship between the U.S. and one of our strongest allies," Foxx said in a statement. "If an institution is going to capitulate to the BDS movement, there will be consequences—starting with the Protect Economic Freedom Act."

Pain avoidance is a necessary teaching tool for the stupidly stubborn. Don’t forget to reintroduce it in the next congressional session, when it won’t be blocked by the Democrats in the Senate. — in the meantime it is nothing more than a powerless statement of intent.

In the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, student radicals across the country mobilized to introduce BDS resolutions aimed at compelling their schools to divest from companies with ties to the Jewish state.

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