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Members Seek Additional Answers from USFWS on Use of Outside Consultants for "Social Change" Initiatives

Press Release

Date: May 22, 2023
Location: Washington D.C.
Issues: Government Budget and Spending Environment Natural Resources

"The Service purportedly utilizes the expertise of outside consultants to institute 'social change' initiatives, including but not limited to, programs on social justice; environmental justice; eco-grief; diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; and justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.

The Committee is interested in understanding how the Service ascertains the need for an outside consultant in a particular focus area, as well as the process by which the Service selects and retains these consultants. The Committee is especially interested in understanding how the Service, aligning with the priorities of the Biden Administration, promotes various 'social change' and environmental justice initiatives at the expense of good governance and the Service's mission to conserve and manage 'fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the American people.'"


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