Bobby Scott: “I include in the Record the following: opening remarks from civil rights forum on trump's attacks on students, workers…”

“I include in the Record the following: opening remarks from civil rights forum on trump's attacks on students, workers, and families We have seen this Administration attack diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the federal government and, by extension, in schools, workplaces, and public services and research--attacks on civil rights that we have not seen since the 1960's. DEI, regrettably, has been attacked by the Republicans and this Administration to erase contributions and accomplishments of so many Americans. We have seen the Administration remove references to Jackie Robinson's military participation. References to women in health care research or women who served at the CIA have been erased. References to the plane which carried the first nuclear bomb in World War II, the Enola Gay, because artificial intelligence flagged it as a reference to the LGBTQ+ community, so they wanted that erased along with everything else. And now, they are attempting to ``rewrite history'' with the latest executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institute. Specifically, the Executive Order singles out the African American History Museum for its ``corrosive ideology.'' Before these relatively recent attacks, diversity itself had been the goal--in fact, the Brown v.…”