WASHINGTON – Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled “Restoring Excellence: The Case Against DEI”: “Whitewashing history. Creating a conservative boogeyman. Using a racist dog-whistle. “These are the Left’s accusations whenever Americans call out the toxic ideology known as ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion,’ or D-E-I. […]