We must bring it to the floor and pass it today. But that's not all that is needed to counter discrimination and harassment on college campuses. The office, as I mentioned earlier, The office responsible for enforcing anti discrimination laws, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, is, and I'll say it again, badly severely underfunded. That's why I'm leading the Showing up for Students act, which would double the funding for the Office of Civil Rights to investigate incidents of harassment and discrimination, including antisemitism, on college campuses nationwide. (05:21–05:34)
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Reiterates that the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is severely underfunded.
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