GOP Senators Express ‘Grave Concern’ to Education Secretary Over Taxpayer-Funded Anti-Semitic Near East and Mideast Programs

A student walks near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 23, 2012. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Republican senators expressed “grave concern” on March 8 to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona over U.S. taxpayer-funded anti-Semitic Near East and Middle East programs on America’s college and university campuses.

The letter was signed by Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).