Political Quotes

“As I understand it, this amendment prohibits the use of funds for the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This bill already includes harmful riders that show Republicans are not interested in bills that can gain bipartisan support and become law. During our full committee markup--I remember it well--Republicans added a provision that prohibits funds for any diversity, equity, and inclusion office, program, or training. The underlying bill already includes section 606 that prohibits funds related to advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities and related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal workforce. In addition, section 605 of the underlying bill prohibits any activities related to ``critical race theory'' that, as we heard during the markups when I asked the question, none of my Republican colleagues could even define. I don't see a definition in your presentation here today. How many times do the individuals on the other side of the aisle need to emphasize that they do not like the words ``diversity, equity, and inclusion?'' I know when we were educated, we were always taught about ``e pluribus unum,'' out of many, one. That is what makes our Nation great, that we aren't just one widget, that, in fact, our common experience is our shared heritages, wherever they might be from.…”