The Department of Education has also released reports encouraging DEI on public university campuses. (Getty Images/istock/Dzmitry Dzemidovich)
Westhill, who researches DEI policies at the Center for Equal Opportunity, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank, said DEI isn't interested in "diversity of thought, true diversity," but rather, it is "interested in racial quotas."
Over the last four years, the Biden-Harris administration has encouraged DEI initiatives across several sectors of the federal government.
In 2021, Biden widened an executive order directing agencies to assess and "remove barriers" to equal opportunity through DEI policies. Another executive order signed that year was a government-wide initiative to embed DEI principles in federal hiring.
The Department of Education has also released reports encouraging DEI on public university campuses. The Biden-Harris administration also invested in DEI programs within the U.S. military.
Large corporations across the U.S. have also adopted DEI workplace policies, including Accenture, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, Marriott International, Kaiser Permanente, EY (Ernst & Young), Target, Google, Bank of America and American Express.
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Over the last four years, the Biden-Harris administration has encouraged DEI initiatives across several sectors of the federal government. (Fox News Digital-Hannah Grossman)
The integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and DEI benchmarks has also influenced investment decisions and pension fund strategies. Pension funds have been increasingly incorporating ESG and DEI considerations into their investment processes over the last four years.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said this will be one area of focus her office will examine.
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"We want to make sure that we are protecting people's pensions, because no one's retirement and life savings should be gambled for these woke ESG and DEI goals," Bird said. "And so that means that our work with that issue will continue, whether it's the investment managers or the proxy advisers, you know, making sure that these pensions are being invested, so that it's there for people when they need it, and not for any kind of social engineering or other types of woke political goals."
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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