“75 Years After the Holocaust: The Ongoing Battle Against Hate”

CHAIRWOMAN MALONEY'S OPENING STATEMENT

TOPICS

• On Monday, January 27, 2020, the world will come together to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Three quarters of a century after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, we remember the Holocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds today. 
• There has been a sinister increase in hate crimes not only against the American Jewish community, but also against African-Americans, Muslims, immigrants, and others.
• The Oversight Committee will continue its ongoing investigation into the threat of hate crimes and white supremacy in the coming weeks and months, including the Trump Administration’s shameful role in fomenting division and discrimination.

BACKGROUND ON SERIES OF HEARINGS

• The Committee has been holding a series of hearings over the past year through its Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties led by Chairman Jamie Raskin. 
• These have included hearings on May 15, 2019, on efforts to collect accurate statistics and combat white supremacist hate crimes and domestic terror; on June 4, 2019, on the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security to combat white supremacist extremist violence; and on September 20, 2019, on the increasingly global and transnational terrorist threat to U.S. national security of white supremacist extremism.
• The Subcommittee will hold another hearing on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, on efforts to combat global religious persecution.
• The Committee and Subcommittee are also planning additional hearings, including hearings on voter suppression in minority communities, Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination, anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions, and issues facing LGBTQ individuals.