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This is three and a half hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, ill now recognize myself to give an opening statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january of 1945, the auschwitz berknau concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than a Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries to remember those we lost, and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these dates. We must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the holocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds today. I am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today, i have asked
And somebody who claims to be proisrael and gave the invocation at that ceremony. So, do you see it is possible to be superficially proisrael while creating to the environment thats making things less safe for jews in america. Theres an expression in english called due diligence. And hopefully when you organize ceremonies of such importance for the United States government or for any western any power in the world, you have to check whos coming. And obviously these are detestable positions. But i wanted to ask Something Else because im getting a sense here, and i really dont want to jump into the american domestic scene. But it seems like everything is coming from the right. And my understanding of the rebirth of antisemitism, its both right wing and left wing. Its both. And you cant just lean over and say its one and ignore the other. So, hopefully when we decide what are the sources of antisemitism that are confronting us worldwide, we look at both sources and we fight against them.
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