During a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing prior to the congressional recess, Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) spoke in support of President Trump’s foreign policy agenda.
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00:00Good afternoon and welcome to the first hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence in the 119th Congress.
00:07As we start the new Congress, I am looking forward to working with the colleagues to deliver real results for the American people
00:16by advancing President Trump's America First policies and agenda.
00:19Over the next few months, through our State Department reauthorization deliberations,
00:23this Subcommittee will work to identify areas of the Secretary's Office or the S Bureau that must be reformed and reprogrammed
00:32to 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.
00:41For far too long, the State Department prioritized radical liberal political ideologies and woke policies over advancing diplomatic objectives
00:50that serve American interests and protect the American people from our adversaries.
00:55While the Biden administration was trying to figure out what pronouns to use, our adversaries grew stronger and more emboldened.
01:03China aggressively enforced unlawful territorial claims in the South China Sea and has undermined the United States and our allies at every turn.
01:12Russia invaded Ukraine. North Korea ramped up its military provocations.
01:16Iran advanced its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, empowering its proxies to now cause chaos throughout the entire region of the Middle East.
01:26Israel was attacked and global shipping routes and the Red Sea was blocked.
01:30Over the last four years, among others, the American people watched these foreign policy failures unfold and voted for real change in action on November 5th.
01:39The American people gave President Trump and the Republican-led Congress a mandate to reverse the damage and restore common sense to our federal government.
01:48Today, this subcommittee will take its first step to deliver on this mandate by examining the State Department's Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
01:56The 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,
02:07granting passport applications the ability to select X as a gender,
02:11and 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.
02:28That was a mouthful.
02:30These policies corrupted the core mission of the State Department and we must restore unity and fundamental American principles to the department,
02:37eliminate wasteful spending, and ensure that President Trump's executive orders are fully implemented, not subverted by rebranding DEI-driven programs.
02:46It is our duty to ensure that Americans become safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
02:53I want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee today,
02:57and I look forward to productive discussions on how we can enhance America's security through common sense policies and responsible leaderships.
03:10The chair will now recognize my good friend and ranking member, the gentleman from Florida, Representative Moskowitz, for any statements he may have.
03:18Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon.