{"id":2236876,"date":"2024-05-03T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-banks-grills-bidens-labor-sec-on-claim-that-apprentice-programs-are-racist-sexist\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T19:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T23:53:12","slug":"rep-banks-grills-bidens-labor-sec-on-claim-that-apprentice-programs-are-racist-sexist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-banks-grills-bidens-labor-sec-on-claim-that-apprentice-programs-are-racist-sexist\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Banks questions Labor Sec on Alleged Racism, Sexism in Apprentice Programs"},"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%2Frep-banks-grills-bidens-labor-sec-on-claim-that-apprentice-programs-are-racist-sexist%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=2236876&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--><p>A Republican \u200dcongressman questioned Labor Sec Julie Su on a proposed rule requiring\u200d DEI\u2062 measures in apprenticeship programs. Su was unaware\u200d of a document highlighting hostility in some programs. The congressman criticized the Biden\u2062 administration&#8217;s \u2064DEI push, calling it divisive. \u2063He pressed Su on increasing diversity \u200cand \u2063setting targets in apprenticeship programs. Su denied the goal\u2063 was to\u200b reduce white male participation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A Republican congressman grilled the Biden administration\u2019s Secretary of Labor Julie Su over a proposed rule that would force companies involved in the Department of Labor\u2019s apprenticeship program to implement diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) measures.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/01\/17\/2023-27851\/national-apprenticeship-system-enhancements\">proposed rule<\/a> would seek to \u201cdiversify the National Apprenticeship System by enhancing worker protections and equity,\u201d embedding DEI practices in the nationwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeship.gov\/about-us\">program<\/a> to connect employers with workers looking for skilled labor opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) highlighted for Su during a hearing on the rule an agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeship.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Final%20ACA%20Biennial%20Report%20-%20May%2010%202023.pdf\">document<\/a> claiming that many apprenticeship programs involved in the DOL initiative are \u201cactively hostile\u201d to the idea of hiring women or racial minorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you explain what that means?\u201d Banks asked, referencing the claim that many employers involved in the apprenticeship program are hostile to those who are not white men. \u201cDo you agree that some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/julio-rivera-no-boys-allowed-new-cyberstart-canada-program-will-cater-only-to-girls-and-non-binary-students\/\" title=\"Julio Rivera: No Boys Allowed? New CyberStart Canada Program Will Cater Only to Girls and Non-Binary Students\">registered apprenticeship programs<\/a> are managed by racists? And if so, who are they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Su explained that she wasn\u2019t familiar with the document referenced by Banks before adding, \u201cI\u00a0 think that there is no reason why we should not be able to tap into the full talent and ability and promise of every single American in every single community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banks told The Daily Wire that the Biden administration uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-pentagon-used-debunked-mckinsey-studies-to-justify-dei-in-the-military\">flawed research<\/a> to push its DEI agenda, but that policies associated with the leftwing ideology are detrimental to the country.\u00a0\u201cThe Biden administration has no choice but to rely on junk science and lies to sell its woke agenda. The honest truth is that DEI is making America weaker and more divided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banks challenged Su again on the DOL document. \u201cThe recommendations also \u2014 say that registered apprenticeships have been \u2018the domain of white able-bodied men.\u2019 That\u2019s a direct quote from the recommendation from the committee in your department,\u201d Banks noted before asking \u201cDo you agree with that comment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-professor-despite-campus-obsession-with-safe-spaces-students-are-writing-about-violent-fantasies-suicide\/\" title=\"College Professor: Despite Campus Obsession With \u2018Safe Spaces,\u2019 Students Are Writing About Violent Fantasies, Suicide\">fewer white men<\/a> in apprenticeships the goal of all of the DEI provisions in the proposed rule?\u201d Banks went on to press, with Su responding, \u201cAbsolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Congressman from Indiana turned his attention to a portion of the rule that would demand that states submit reports outlining their efforts to diversify apprenticeship programs. Banks noted that the rule \u201cwould require states to submit a strategic plan for increasing participation from underserved communities that include the current participation by each race and demographic group and set specific targets for increasing participation by each race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill the Department punish states that do not meet the proposed rules\u2019 racial quotas?\u201d Banks asked. Su dodged the question again, saying, \u201cWe have never gone wrong in this country when we have expanded opportunities,\u201d adding, \u201cI don\u2019t even know what punitive scheme you are talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apprenticeship.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/DOL_DEIAFactsheet_v2.pdf\">government document<\/a> advocating for the use of DEI criteria in apprenticeship programs relies on a debunked study from consulting firm McKinsey and Company to incorrectly assert that greater diversity led to increased profitability for corporations. McKinsey\u2019s flawed studies were also used by the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-pentagon-used-debunked-mckinsey-studies-to-justify-dei-in-the-military\">Pentagon<\/a> to justify the implementation of the DEI agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has directed the entirety of the federal bureaucracy and the military to implement DEI practices, leveraging the might of the administrative state to codify leftist ideology as a matter of official government policy.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump and his allies have committed to firing bureaucrats who\u2019ve pushed the leftwing agenda and who may otherwise undermine his policy efforts. \u201cWe will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-carson-electing-trump-is-best-chance-to-take-federal-bureaucracy-back-from-the-left\/\" title=\"Ben Carson believes that electing Trump offers the best opportunity to reclaim the federal bureaucracy from the left\">pass critical reforms making<\/a> every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-we-must-make-every-executive-branch-employee-fireable-by-potus\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: We Must Make 'Every Executive Branch Employee Fireable' by POTUS\">executive branch employee fireable<\/a> by the president of the United States,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govexec.com\/workforce\/2022\/03\/trump-threatening-return-and-expansion-schedule-f\/363145\/\">pledged<\/a> at a rally. \u201cThe deep state must be brought to heel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others are preparing for the potential outflow of bureaucrats, with Trump\u2019s allies assembling a personnel database of those who might serve in the next administration through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project2025.org\/\">Project 2025<\/a> Presidential Transition Project, an initiative from the Heritage Foundation that seeks to \u201cpave the way for an effective conservative Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GOP lawmaker challenged Labor Sec Julie Su on a rule mandating DEI measures in apprenticeship programs. 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