Standing Up to Hate
Everyone deserves to feel safe in their community and to live free from hate, harassment and discrimination. In Congress, I’m working to combat hate in all its forms, including antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry and to protect all our communities. Please find below a list of resources available and actions I’ve taken to do just that.
My office is here to help. Please reach out with any questions.
Bias and Hate Resources
Oregon Department of Justice Non-Emergency Bias Response Hotline
Phone: 844-924-2427
Oregon Crime Victims’ Compensation Program
Helps people affected by violent crime, including hate crime, cover crime-related expenses
Phone: 503-378-5348
Provides free legal guidance to people in Oregon affected by hate and bias crimes
Explains crime victims’ legal rights, protections and available resources in Oregon. Guides are available in English, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Pashto, Ukrainian & Punjabi
U.S. Department of Justice Resources
Legislation Co-sponsored:
H.R.6806 - Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act
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Fully funds the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to help protect religious communities from attacks and establishes a National Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism at the Department of Justice to lead a coordinated federal response to antisemitism
H.R. 5486 - Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act
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Requires colleges and universities receiving federal aid to adopt and enforce anti-harassment policies, recognizes cyberbullying as a form of harassment and establishes a grant program to support services for students who have experienced harassment
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Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, federally funded programs and other settings
H.R. 1810 – Safe Schools Improvement Act
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Effectively requires K-12 schools to adopt codes of conduct prohibiting bullying and harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and religion
H.R. 768 – Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons (HEAL) Act
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Directs the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to study and report on Holocaust education in public schools nationwide
H.R. 6181 - John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
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Prohibits federally funded child welfare agencies from discriminating against children in care, their families, or prospective foster or adoptive parents based on religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status
H.R. 3243 - the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act
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Effectively bans paid conversion therapy and advertisements for such services
Letters Signed:
FY27 Antisemitism Appropriations Letter
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Urged robust funding to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish Americans, including support for civil rights enforcement, security for at-risk nonprofits and houses of worship, hate crime prevention and efforts to combat antisemitism abroad
Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding Freeze Letter
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Requested answers from FEMA Administrator Hamilton about the Administration’s Non-Profit Security Grant Program funding freeze
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Letter to President Trump
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Urged President Trump to reinstate members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces federal laws against workplace discrimination