Congress calls for leaders to fight hate against Jewish people
H.Res. 352 — Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish American community. · Filed by Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 24, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This statement asks leaders to speak against hate toward Jewish people. It calls for teaching the public about Jewish American work. The work includes science, technology, arts, and culture. The statement responds to a rise in hate incidents since October 7, 2023.
Who it affects
Congress puts itself on record against hate toward Jewish people. The statement asks leaders to take action. It does not create new laws or rules.
One thing to notice
This statement has no power to enforce action. Its effect depends on whether leaders choose to act on it.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats.
- Apr 24, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
- May 14, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection”
- May 14, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Schmidt moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $930,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 48 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who sponsored the bill, received $727,050 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Anti-defamation League — $590,000 in 2 reports
- J Street — $340,000 in 2 reports
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- statement — A formal position of Congress on an issue; it does not create new laws.
- hate toward Jewish people — Hatred or prejudice against Jewish people.
- leaders — People who hold office or lead groups outside of government.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,565 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,342 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-18.
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