Rep. Ayanna Pressley reintroduces H.R. 40 amid Trump's federal rollback of D.E.I
Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the federal government.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the federal government.
The bill, which had 130 co-sponsors in the last session, is not likely to advance under the Republican-controlled Congress, and the White House has previously been opposed to any reparations efforts.
“We find ourselves in a moment of emboldened white supremacy and anti-Black racism, and a weaponized Supreme Court that is actively gutting protections and progress that has been made,” Pressley, D-Mass., said in an exclusive interview.
She described the country as being at “a painful inflection point.” She added, “We have a hostile administration working actively to roll back decades of progress and more recent progress when it comes to our civil rights.”
Last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning DEI policies in federal agencies, calling them illegal and discriminatory, leading to federal workers being placed on leave and emboldening some of America’s largest companies to walk back corporate equity promises.
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