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**The House GOP Effort To Defund – Not Police, But Wokeness**

The House GOP Effort To Defund – Not Police, But Wokeness

_Authored by Ben Weingarten via The Epoch Times (https://www.realclearwire.com/articles/2023/04/17/the_new_house_gop_effort_to_defund__not_police_but_wokeness_894007.html) (emphasis ours),_

Through executive orders and budget requests, **the Biden administration has sought to embed (https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/05/10/here_are_the_90_equity_plans_taxpayers_are_now_funding_across_the_federal_government_830643.html) “diversity, equity, and inclusion” principles across the entirety of the federal government** – and in turn to touch the lives (https://archive.is/pK7sj#selection-1389.41-1389.61) of every American. Now members of the Republican House majority, who see this whole-of-government effort as a woke assault on America and its core values, are working to combat it using the power of the purse.

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In a series of letters (https://www.documentcloud.org/projects/appropriations-subcommittee-letters-212806/) to House appropriations leaders, Rep. Jim Banks and like-minded colleagues have identified and called for the defunding of all “‘woke’ programs and initiatives that are rooted in discrimination and promote far-left ideology in the federal government” in 2024 spending bills.

The letters, obtained exclusively by RealClearInvestigations, are a product of Banks’ Anti-Woke Caucus, a 26-member group (https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/05/who-will-serve-anti-woke-caucus-congress-list-jim-banks/) of House Republicans launched by the former chair of the Republican Study Committee earlier this year, and notably counting among its members Rep. Elise Stefanik, chair of the House Republican Conference, members of the House Freedom Caucus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Caucus), and others.

Banks and caucus members delivered the letters to the chairmen and ranking members of each of the 12 House Appropriations Committee subcommittees in late March following the release of President Biden’s $6.8 trillion 2024 budget request.

Each letter flags examples of “woke” offices or policies to which Congress allocated funding in relevant 2023 spending bills, and the associated dollars, and calls for those “and all programs that discriminate based on race, gender, and sexual orientation or seek to disparage our nation’s core ideals and history \[to\] be decreased to $0” in the 2024 versions of the bills.

A narrow reading of the line items characterized as woke in the letters – which represent only a partial accounting of such programs and initiatives – shows that such programs totaled over $900 million in 2023.

**Some of the 2023 programs the Republican members seek to zero out in 2024 include:**

- The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act’s more than $200 million in spending on programs aimed at increasing race-based hiring and recruitment in STEM.

- The State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act’s $200 million for the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund.

- The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act’s $108 million for "environmental justice" activities.

The $900 million outlay excludes broader items highlighted in the letters, like the $3.5 billion earmarked for energy efficiency and renewable energy in the 2023 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Given that the letters represent only a partial accounting of such programs, the vagueness of budget language, and the discretion with which federal agencies can act, tax dollars advancing such efforts may well substantially dwarf these figures.

**The letters also target language in the 2023 versions of:**

- The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, claiming that “white supremacists and violent anti-government domestic extremists” are “infiltrating security and law-enforcement agencies.”

- The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, directing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to detain transgender illegal aliens at facilities only with staff who have received "LGBTI Sensitivity and Awareness Training," and medical personnel with experience delivering hormone therapies.

- The Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, requesting that the Department of Energy consider social equity and environmental and energy justice in state and community energy programs.

“We believe that the House Republican majority has a responsibility to use its spending powers to ensure that we do not contribute further funding to anti-American and divisive initiatives,” the signatories to each letter wrote.

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NakamotoX 2y ago

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