10/20/2021
https://congress.gov...
"I believe that this office has a clever name that uses strong emotional words, diversity, equity, inclusion, but, functionally, does the opposite of what America has always stood for."
"Let me be clear in my beliefs: no part of our government, including the State Department, should look any certain way."
"We cannot have it be that first we look for a diverse basket of candidates... the diversity cannot be the No. 1."
"It shouldn't matter that I am half Mexican. It shouldn't matter whether I am able-bodied or ambulatory or not ambulatory."