you taking this topic think is very important. e and thank you very much because earlier today at nasa administrator bill neln was on capitol hill to outline his agency's 2025 budget request before the house science, space, technology committee. wah the full hearing tonight at 8:00 eastern on cpan2 it's also available on c-span now arr free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. >> is a college campuses nationwide continue to experience unrest the israel hamas war several senators have commented from the floor up right next remarks by republican leader mitch mcconnell senator john cornyn from texas. four months the most elite corners of american art education. they have made headlines for all the wrong reasons.

tunfortunately they are still finding new ways to embarrass themselves with vile anti- somatic radicalism. beginning of course with yet more alarming declarations. like burn tel aviv to the ground. freedom for palestine means death to america. the seventh of october is going to be every day. the radicals behind hateful trancelike from the river to the sea have proven to be in coherently ecumenical. they have chanted long live hamas.

suny terrorist groups and wave flags supporting that she had terrorist group has below. and the secular marxist terrorist group a popular front for the liberation of palestine. they've enjoined on the picket lines fight faculty members for whom a radical anti-semitism is merely an extension of their day jobs and post modern indoctrination. last week colombians encampments was even visited by a member of congress who accused some jewish students of "pro- genocide. it is unclear whether the

student radicals for the shadowy groups organizing these disruptions are actual or adversaries trying to corrode american society from within. or just unwitting pawns. what is clear is basic company is in very short supply in the ivy league. so-called elite universities are not just in the news well documented decline in academic rigor. drawing the nation's attention just because another generation tof students has decided to tet the limits of the first amendment. with a grotesque hate. no, they are in the news because a weakness and an action from

campus leaders has allowed universities to have cauldrons of criminal chaos. in recent days a student at yale was assaulted by organized hate mongers. at mit the liberated zones occupy the very center of cop campus. yet ucla aspiring, source of black jewish students from walking to class or even entering the library. another californias school supporting millions of dollars after they vandalized campus buildings. have utterly failed to bring

order to their manhattan campus. in the wee hours of the morning the mob that has disrupted daily life from a tent encampment on the quad broke into a campus building with hammers and has a barricaded itself inside. not long ago was sensibly calling in the new york police department to dispense and arrest of these disruptors. this was a responsible thing to do because the vast majority of students at columbia want to go to g class. studying for exams and lead productive lives. but then a resolved appeared to give out. the minority and their faculty alliesd have used continued

threats and intimidation to maximize thend disruption of an odious ideology. administration caved campus is now closed. law enforcement remains outside the gates. and it remains to be seen whether administrators latest threats of expulsion will actually be carried out. the situation at columbia is so bad a prominent rabbi urged jewish students to leave campus out of fear for their physical safety. this is a particularly discouraging at a university that for decades has been known to open their home for jewish students. even on the rest of the ivy league systematically discriminates against them.

yesterday a member of columbia's filed a class action lawsuit against the university alleging the sustained harassment and incitement of violence against jewish students. in the absence of leadership from administrators the community has had to take protection of their basic rights on campus literally into their own hands. of course today's campus radicals did not invent a aggressive lawlessness. here in the united states or trace their roots back to the 1960s. other countries have had their own history of students in trepidation and violence. most notoriously the student germany, education never has anything to do with it.

it is about dangerous or radical politics. just as the roots of this hate are not a mystery neither is the weight forward. leaders at columbia to note the approach of the administration over princeton. an attempt last night to occupy campus building. i might also take a cue from her former colleague ben sasse thus far radicals at the university of florida have largely heated his prohibition against unlawful disruptions because they know he means it.

last night those who fail to obey repeated warnings from campus police were promptly arrested. as an official statement put it quote the university of florida is not a daycare. we do not treat protesters like children. we know the rules, they broke the rules and they will face the consequences. height is not enough for administrators to admit campus disorder. strongly worded warnings only carryei weight when they aren'te backed up by action. the hateful ideas pouring out of campus encampments are not new to america's universities. the world's oldest form of hate has been alive and wellin our

education for quite some time now. from the vile boycotts sanctioned movement that began over a decade ago to the establishment of outfits like the rutgers center for security, race, and rights bigotry has been on the move. those forces have powerful friends. president biden's nominee for the third circuit has long been a patron of the center. in fact as new evidence indicates he has played a much more active and enthusiastic role then he described to our colleagues on the judiciary committee. apparently every progressive organization in the country is furious, furious that my

colleagues and i dare to call attention to these disqualifying facts. so let's get it straight. radicalism has no place in higher education or on the federal bench. a forge of the president does not seem to agree as he defends him and his radical associations he refuses to render an unqualified rejection of campus anti-semitism. in fact, when i asked him about it he seemed to say their people on both sides. this mealy mouth equivocation for what it is. the president prioritized political supporters over moral

clarity. anti-semitism is not a nuanced academic theory. it is not just one of many different viewpoints. as the white house of prayer press secretary seem to reference campus disruptions. it is not justified by political disagreements with israel and its government. it is not entitled to take over campuses and make life miserable for jewish students. luckily some reasonable observers are getting with reality just like a growing number of democrats rejecting his nomination a growing number of prominent ivy leagueer alumni are rejecting the surge in radicalism of their alma mater's. but that will only go so far.

leaders must lead. administrators must take charge of their institutions. face up at objectives here could not be clearer. on campus protect jewish community members. clear the encampments let students go to class and take their exams. and allow graduations to proceed. here in washington withdrawal radical nominees and force the department of justice and education to investigate civil rights violations. moral clarity does not prevail, than the ivory tower in the biden administration this could go down as a par