Deficient, Enfeebled, and Ineffective: The Consequences of the Biden Administration’s Far-Left Priorities on U.S. Foreign Policy
2025-04-08
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Without objection, the chair may declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. The purpose of this hearing is to identify divisive diversity, equity, and inclusion policies implemented under the Biden administration that the State Department must reform to meet America First foreign policy objectives. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good afternoon and welcome to the first hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence in the 119th Congress. As we start the new Congress, I am looking forward to working with the colleagues to deliver real results for the American people by advancing President Trump's America First policies and agenda. Over the next few months, through our State Department reauthorization deliberations, this subcommittee will work to identify areas of the Secretary's Office or the S-Bureau that must be reformed and reprogrammed to reorient the United States as a leader on the world stage while ensuring that taxpayer dollars are effectively used to bolster U.S. national security efforts. For far too long, the State Department prioritized radical liberal political ideologies and woke policies over advancing diplomatic objectives that serve American interests and protect the American people from our adversaries. While the Biden administration was trying to figure out what pronouns to use, our adversaries grew stronger and more emboldened. China aggressively enforced unlawful territorial claims in the South China Sea and has undermined the United States and our allies at every turn. Russia invaded Ukraine. North Korea ramped up its military provocations. Iran advanced its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, empowering its proxies to now cause chaos throughout the entire region of the Middle East. Israel was attacked, and global shipping routes in the Red Sea was blocked. Over the last four years, among others, the American people watched these foreign policy failures unfold and voted for real change and action on November 5th.
The American people gave President Trump and the Republican-led Congress a mandate to reverse the damage and restore common sense to our federal government. Today, this subcommittee will take its first step to deliver on this mandate by examining the State Department's Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion detrimentally influenced operations across the State Department by making DEI a core precept for promotion considerations within the ranks of the Foreign Service. granting passport applications the ability to select X as a gender, and using taxpayer dollars to fund numerous woke projects, including commemorating Black Consciousness Month with an event in which employees learned about the inclusive Afro-Brazilian culture through music and LGBTQI plus culture through Vogue Dance in Brazil. That was a mouthful. These policies corrupted the core mission of the State Department, and we must restore unity and fundamental American principles to the department, eliminate wasteful spending, and ensure that President Trump's executive orders are fully implemented, not subverted by rebranding DEI-driven programs.
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