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On the recordMarch 27, 2023
I think that distracts from your mission. I think that the SVB bank collapse shows in spades how distractions on things like DEI distract from what a regulator or a watchdog should be doing.
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James Harris
Republican · Maryland

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Harris criticizes spending on DEI as a distraction from the primary mission of cybersecurity.

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