Photo courtesy of Senator JD Vance via Facebook. May 22, 2024.
This summer, VP-elect JD Vance and Congressman Michael Cloud submitted a bill to Congress that would dismantle the government’s DEI programs once and for all. At The New York Sun, Novi Zhukovsky explains what the bill will do if passed:
A bill seeking to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and funding for federal agencies will be brought to the House floor for a full vote after passing out of the Oversight Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
The Dismantle DEI Act, which was introduced at the start of the summer by Congressman Michael Cloud and Vice President-elect JD Vance, was presented by Mr. Cloud during the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability’s meeting.
The Texas lawmaker described DEI policies as “divisive, wasteful programs” that “undermine merit and fairness.” He added that “to codify racial discrimination in an effort to remove discrimination is a woeful, woeful, initiative and would undo generations of progress we have made as a nation.”
The measure, which has secured the backing of 15 House Republicans, aims to counter the efforts taken by the Biden administration to implement DEI policies across the federal government.
It would, according to the bills authors, “unwind Biden’s DEI bureaucracy” by “rescinding relevant executive orders, terminating Chief Diversity Officers, closing DEI offices, ending DEI and critical race theory trainings, outlawing mandatory employee DEI pledges, and revoking all DEI funding at the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, and other federal agencies.”
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