GOP lawmaker attacks tax-exempt status of US colleges failing to condemn Hamas' 'barbaric' attacks

Thu, 10/19/2023 - 08:33

Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Jason Smith at a news conference at the House Longworth Office Building on Capitol Hill, September 27, 2023, in Washington, DC.
Alex Wong

A GOP lawmaker said he was "disgusted" by US college responses to Hamas' attacks on Israel.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith attacked their tax-exempt status.
"Statements call into question the academic or charitable missions they claim to pursue," Smith said.

A top Republican lawmaker overseeing US federal taxes has attacked the tax-exempt status of universities failing to condemn Hamas' "barbaric acts of terrorism committed against the Jewish people," according to a statement.