‘Life and death’: House GOP faces mounting pressure to target DEI in medical schools
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More than 50 conservative groups are pushing Speaker Mike Johnson to take up a bill to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at medical schools.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
The groups – 52 in total and include Do No Harm, Tea Party Patriots Action, Heritage Action, Physicians for Reform and others – sent a letter this week urging House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to advance the bill through her panel and for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to bring it to the House floor. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., introduced the EDUCATE Act in March alongside Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio. It’s co-sponsored by 45 of their fellow House Republicans.