WASHINGTON (NewsNation) – Presidents of some of the country’s most prestigious universities spoke Concerns about anti-Semitism on campus at a House Education Committee hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Harvard President Dr. Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Dr. Sally Kornbluth is among the witnesses as her schools have experienced a crisis Rise in anti-Semitism on the campus.

Lawmakers said schools need to protect students and hope further action could be taken based on the hearing.

There was a heated exchange between Harvard’s president and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who accused Harvard of not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism. Stefanik even called for the school president to resign.

“Will offers of admission be revoked or will disciplinary action be taken against students or applicants who say “from the river to the sea” or “Intifada” and advocate the murder of Jews? Stefanik asked Gay.

Gay responded: “As I have said, this type of hateful, reckless and offensive speech is personally abhorrent to me.”

Gay did not provide Stefanik with a detailed answer about what actions would be taken in response to hate speech on campus.

During that hearing, House Education Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., played videos of anti-Israel protests on college campuses. School presidents noted that they “really” hear the concerns of Jewish and Israeli students.

Harvard remains under investigation by the Department of Education over its response to complaints Harassment against Jewish and Israeli students.

Rallies and protests Go ahead and request one in some locations armistice and for the release of hostages from Hamas captivity. But others Anti-Israel protests And Hate incidents have raised concerns including vandalism and controversial or threatening messages heard and seen on some campuses.

At Harvard, 30 student-run groups posted a letter blaming the Hamas invasion on Israel. The school’s president was heavily criticized for not condemning the letter sooner.

At MIT, a Jewish student group described being physically prevented from going to class, allegedly by a pro-Hamas group.

During a hearing last month on Capitol Hill, a Jewish student at Yale also described some of her own experiences.

“On campus, I sit in a crowded dining hall and wonder how many people in this room want me dead?” Yale student Sahar Tartak said. “Others told me that they were uncomfortable approaching their professors about coursework because they were open to Hamas. Another slept on a friend’s couch because her roommate supports Hamas.”

Foxx released a statement ahead of Tuesday’s hearing:

“In recent weeks we have seen countless examples of anti-Semitic demonstrations on university campuses. In the meantime, university leaders have largely stood by and allowed the horrific rhetoric to grow ever stronger. With this hearing, we are shining a spotlight on these campus leaders and calling on them to take the appropriate actions to vigorously confront anti-Semitism.”

In the two weeks following the Hamas invasion, the Anti-Defamation League reported over 300 anti-Semitic incidents across the county – nearly five times as many as in the same period last year.

Former Chancellor of the State University of New York System, Dr. Jim Malatras, told NewsNation that colleges need to do more to combat anti-Semitism when students feel unsafe. Universities must provide space for free expression and ideas while rejecting aggression and violence.

“It’s OK to admit we didn’t always get it right,” he said. “But where do we go from here?”

At Harvard, the president formed a group of advisers to combat anti-Semitism, while MIT’s president took a similar step and also increased security on campus.