and just today the secretary of education, miguel cardona testified before our committee, the education in the work force committee. mr. cardona came into this hearing with a troubling record. for example, he recently refused to say whether chants from the river to the sea are anti-semitic. in today's hearing i asked him some basic questions. i asked him if he would condemn the illegal tent encampments on university campuses. secretary cardona refused to do so. i asked him if he would condemn faculty members who interfere with the attempts of law enforcement to clear out these encampments and enforce the law. secretary cardona refused to condemn them. i asked him if he would condemn calls to divest from israel. secretary cardona refused to do so. perhaps most incredibly, i asked the secretary several times, secretary cardona, will you condemn calls for universities to cut ties with hilal. as for example the organization, students for palestine that they recently did at santa cruz. i asked him again and again, secretary cardona, will you condemn calls to cut ties with hilal and secretary