House GOP Seeks To Defund FAA Diversity Initiatives

July 18, 2023 Politics, Republicans

The House of Representatives is poised this week to resume — and potentially escalate — a blistering debate over the use of taxpayer money for federal government programs and initiatives that seek to promote diversity and equity.

On Monday, the House Rules Committee considered Republican amendments to remove funding for diversity and inclusion programs at the Federal Aviation Administration. The amendments were offered on a bill under House debate this week to authorize FAA programs, standards and initiatives.

The amendment from Greene calls on Congress to “Prohibit funds from being used on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the FAA.” Speaking with CBS News, Greene declared, “We’re all equal. It’s time for us to start acting like it.” She said the FAA’s mandated mission is to ensure safe airspace. “It doesn’t talk about skin color,” she added.

Read the full article. As you’ll hear in the clip below, MTG stupidly misattributed the preamble to the Constitution.

Greene: My amendment will prohibit funding to be used in the LGBTQ policies within the FAA. We need to stop talking about the way people sexually identify with taxpayer dollars… The preamble of the Declaration of Independence states all men are created equal pic.twitter.com/i07DuMfu62

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 18, 2023