via Legal Insurrection
134 House Members sign letter against academic boycott of Israel
A total of 134 Members of the House of Representatives have signed a letter, organized by the offices of Reps. Peter Roskam (R) and Ted Deutch (D) condemning the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association. The effort was truly bipartisan, with 65 Republicans and 69 Democrats signing. The full list of signatories is at the bottom of this post.
Signing the list were
| Roskam, Peter J. |
| Bachmann, Michele |
| Bachus, Spencer |
| Bentivolio, Kerry L |
| Bilirakis, Gus M. |
| Braley, Bruce L. |
| Bridenstine, Jim |
| Broun, Paul C. |
| Brown, Corrine |
| Brownley, Julia |
| Campbell, John |
| Castor, Kathy |
| Chabot, Steve |
| Cicilline, David N. |
| Coffman, Mike |
| Cohen, Steve |
| Collins, Doug |
| Connolly, Gerald E. |
| Cook, Paul |
| Costa, Jim |
| Crowley, Joseph |
| Davis, Rodney |
| Delaney, John K. |
| DelBene, Suzan K. |
| Dent, Charles W. |
| DeSantis, Ron |
| Deutch, Theodore E. |
| Duncan, Jeff |
| Engel, Eliot L. |
| Fleming, John |
| Foster, Bill |
| Frankel, Lois |
| Franks, Trent |
| Gabbard, Tulsi |
| Garcia, Joe |
| Gardner, Cory |
| Gerlach, Jim |
| Gohmert, Louie |
| Grayson, Alan |
| Green, Al |
| Green, Gene |
| Griffin, Tim |
| Grimm, Michael G. |
| Hastings, Alcee L. |
| Heck, Denny |
| Higgins, Brian |
| Holding, George |
| Holt, Rush |
| Hudson, Richard |
| Hultgren, Randy |
| Israel, Steve |
| Johnson, Bill |
| Joyce, David P. |
| Keating, William R. |
| Kelly, Mike |
| Kennedy III, Joseph P. |
| Kilmer, Derek |
| King, Peter |
| Kinzinger, Adam |
| Kuster, Ann M. |
| Lamborn, Doug |
| Lance, Leonard |
| Langevin, James R. |
| Lankford, James |
| Larson, John B. |
| Latham, Tom |
| Latta, Robert E. |
| Levin, Sander M. |
| Lipinski, Daniel |
| Loebsack, David |
| Lowenthal, Alan S. |
| Lowey, Nita M. |
| Lynch, Stephen F. |
| Maloney, Carolyn B. |
| Marino, Tom |
| Matsui, Doris O. |
| McCarthy, Carolyn |
| McCollum, Betty |
| McGovern, James P. |
| Meadows, Mark |
| Meehan, Patrick |
| Meeks, Gregory W. |
| Meng, Grace |
| Messer, Luke |
| Murphy, Patrick |
| Nadler, Jerrold |
| Nunes, Devin |
| Nunnelee, Alan |
| Pascrell Jr., Bill |
| Pearce, Steve |
| Peters, Gary C. |
| Peters, Scott H. |
| Pierluisi, Pedro R. |
| Pocan, Mark |
| Polis, Jared |
| Pompeo, Mike |
| Quigley, Mike |
| Reed, Tom |
| Rokita, Todd |
| Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana |
| Royce, Edward R. Royce |
| Salmon, Matt |
| Scalise, Steve |
| Schakowsky, Janice D. |
| Schiff, Adam B |
| Schneider, Bradley S. |
| Schock, Aaron |
| Schwartz, Allyson Y. |
| Schweikert, David |
| Sensenbrenner, Jim |
| Sessions, Pete |
| Shea-Porter, Carol |
| Sherman, Brad |
| Shimkus, John |
| Sires, Albio |
| Smith, Christopher H. |
| Stivers, Steve |
| Swalwell, Eric |
| Tiberi, Patrick J. |
| Titus, Dina |
| Upton, Fred |
| Van Hollen, Chris |
| Vargas, Juan |
| Veasey, Marc A. |
| Walberg, Tim |
| Walorski, Jackie |
| Wasserman Schultz, Debbie |
| Waxman, Henry A. |
| Weber Sr., Randy K. |
| Wilson, Frederica S. |
| Yarmuth, John A. |
| Yoder, Kevin |
| Yoho, Ted S. |
| Young, Todd. C |
If your Congressperson isn't on the list, give them a call and ask why.
And in other Academic Boycott news, according to Avi Mayer, who has been diligently tracking the academic world's repudiation of the fringe ASA resolution, as of today 213 universities have renounced the boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
