On February 4, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Memorandum on Revitalizing America’s Foreign Policy and National Security Workforce, Institutions, and Partnerships, establishing an interagency working group who holds the responsibility of “strengthen[ing]diversity and inclusion by sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, and economic, regional, and immigrant backgrounds, including at senior level.” In response to a lack of transparency and progress updates from, nine House members, in partnership with Inclusive America, have drafted the response below.
Letter Signatories
- Rep. André Carson [D-IN-7]
- Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX-20]
- Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN-5]
- Jim Himes [D-CT-4]
- Mike Quigley [D-IL-5]
- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL-8]
- Adam Schiff [D-CA-28]
- Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA-15]
- Rep. Peter Welch [D-VT-At-large]