WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) (C) leads a news conference with Republican committee chairs, including (L-R) House Science Committee Chair Frank Lucas (R-OK), House Committee on Education and the Workforce Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY), to decry pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the country at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on April 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. House Republicans have threatened to demand the firing of college and university leaders and to withhold funding to institutions of higher education unless they dismantle and erase protest encampments and work to prevent demonstrations on their campuses. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)