Congress seeks Yale, UCLA and Michigan testimony on Gaza protests

• Presidents of Columbia, Harvard, MIT and Penn have testified in front of the committee in the months since the Israel-Hamas war started in October.
• The presidents of Penn and Harvard resigned from their positions in the weeks after appearing.
• The war has coincided with and rising hate crimes in the U.S against Jewish and Muslim people.

Driving the news: House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said Wednesday she will hold a hearing on May 23 entitled "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos."

• Foxx said she will invite Yale president Peter Salovey, University of California Los Angeles chancellor Gene Block and UMich president Santa Ono to testify.
• Spokespeople for the three universities did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

What they're saying: "The Committee has a clear message for mealy-mouthed, spineless college leaders: Congress will not tolerate your dereliction of your duty to your Jewish students." Foxx said in a statement.

• "College is not a park for playacting juveniles or a battleground for radical activists. Everyone affiliated with these universities will receive a healthy dose of reality: actions have consequences."

Zoom out: Antisemitism has been top of mind for lawmakers in both parties in recent weeks.

• More than a dozen members of Congress have trekked to Columbia University – the site of some of the highest-profile and most disruptive campus protests – in the last week and a half.
• The House is set to vote on legislation to empower the Department of Education to crack down on alleged antisemitism on campus.

Editor's note: This developing story has been updated to reflect that an updated committee advisory says University of California Los Angeles chancellor Gene Block, not University of California system president Michael Drake, has been asked to testify.