{"id":1936971,"date":"2023-05-24T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-investigate-lefty-social-change-initiatives-sponsored-by-fish-and-wildlife-service\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:03:29","slug":"house-republicans-investigate-lefty-social-change-initiatives-sponsored-by-fish-and-wildlife-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-investigate-lefty-social-change-initiatives-sponsored-by-fish-and-wildlife-service\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP probes liberal &#8216;social change&#8217; programs backed by Fish and Wildlife Service."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-investigate-lefty-social-change-initiatives-sponsored-by-fish-and-wildlife-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1936971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Lawmakers Investigate Fish and Wildlife Service&#8217;s Hiring of Outside Consultants for &#8220;Social Change&#8221; Initiatives<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Months after House Republicans learned the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) sponsored \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/28\/harriet-hageman-to-blast-fish-and-wildlife-service-sob-sessions-on-ecogrief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ecogrief<\/a>\u201d sessions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal employees<\/a>, lawmakers on Capitol Hill discovered the agency is hiring outside consultants for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-5-different-mask-policies-held-by-dr-fauci-in-11-months\/\" title=\"The 5 Different Mask Policies Held By Dr. Fauci In 11 Months\">social change<\/a>\u201d initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/2023.05.19_usfws_consultant_contracts_for_social_change_initiatives.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to FWS last week, lawmakers expanded their inquiry into agency misuse of American tax dollars with questions about contractors hired to implement campaigns that go beyond the scope of FWS\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., with Paul Gosar, R-Ariz, who chairs the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wrote, \u201cThe Service purportedly utilizes the expertise of outside consultants to institute \u2018social change\u2019 initiatives, including but not limited to, programs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">social justice<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-wisconsin-campus-asks-students-to-take-21-week-equity-challenge\/\" title=\"University Of Wisconsin Campus Asks Students To Take 21-Week \u2018Equity Challenge\u2019\">environmental justice<\/a>; eco-grief; diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (\u2018DEIA\u2019); and justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (\u2018JEDIA\u2019).\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Questions Remain Unanswered<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>FWS did not answer The Federalist\u2019s question about whether the agency also calculated the cost of employees\u2019 salaries for the time wasted on the sessions.<\/li>\n<li>FWS did not have an answer to The Federalist\u2019s question about the identity of the consultants or who chose to hire them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe Service is in receipt of the committee\u2019s request, and we are working on our response,\u201d said an FWS spokesman in a statement to The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>Westerman and Gosar are looking for the same answers related to the agency\u2019s hiring of outside consultants to facilitate so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-investigate-lefty-social-change-initiatives-sponsored-by-fish-and-wildlife-service\/\" title=\"GOP probes liberal 'social change' programs backed by Fish and Wildlife Service.\">-called social justice movements<\/a>. In their letter last week, the pair referenced a recent Justice Department inspector general <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dea-corruption-fentanyl-cocaine-drugs-contracts-milgram-7fd24fe46c4b664f285773798357d418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigation<\/a> of consultants hired by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).<\/p>\n<p>After news of FWS sessions on ecogrief sessions surfaced in February, Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., who serves on the Natural Resources Committee, threatened to restrict federal spending on such activism through the appropriations process. The workshops, Hageman <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/28\/harriet-hageman-to-blast-fish-and-wildlife-service-sob-sessions-on-ecogrief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> The Federalist, would be \u201cspecifically addressed,\u201d whether by appropriations or some other legislative remedy.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans found that the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) organized &#8220;ecogrief&#8221; sessions for federal employees. Now, they have discovered that the agency is hiring external consultants for &#8220;social change&#8221; initiatives. 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