Open Letter to the United States Senate: Reconfirm Andrea Lucas

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Open Letter to the United States Senate: Reconfirm Andrea Lucas

Dear Republican Senators, We strongly support the reconfirmation of Andrea Lucas to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and urge you to vote for her on the Senate floor. Andrea Lucas has served as the Acting Chair of the EEOC for the totality of the Second Trump Administration and has already taken strong steps toward a more evenhanded enforcement of employment civil rights laws. No longer is the EEOC the tip of the left-wing spear. Rather, Mrs. Lucas has restored the EEOC to what it was always intended to be—an office that fights to eliminate workplace discrimination, no matter what form it takes, and to promote equality under the law.

In just a few short months, the Lucas-led EEOC has rooted out DEI-related discrimination practices in some of the nation’s largest law firms, launched new pathways for workers and employers to report DEI-related discrimination, and won numerous legal actions against companies who were systematically harassing employees based on race and other factors. She also led efforts to restore and protect religious liberty in the workplace, including legal actions that have recovered tens of millions of dollars for workers impacted by COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

And she removed gender ideology from EEOC operations, while increasing its defense of women in the workplace suffering under sex-based harassment. The list of her successes and ongoing actions is long and unable to be fully detailed here. From protecting veterans to people with disabilities to Jewish workers under antisemitic attack, Mrs. Lucas has quickly turned the EEOC into an agency that fairly yet fiercely seeks justice for all types of violations of federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. For these reasons and many more, we look forward to the Senate’s swift reconfirmation of Acting Chair Lucas to the EEOC. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, Paul Teller Executive Vice President Advancing American Freedom

Roger Severino Former Director HHS Office for Civil Rights

Founder Alliance Defending Freedom Barbara Ledeen Former Professional Staff Senate Judiciary Committee Morton C. Blackwell Republican National Committeeman for Virginia The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell President Council for National Policy Kevin Lynn Executive Director The Institute for Sound Public Policy Bob Carlstrom President The Carlstrom Group Margaret Iuculano President Christian Employers Alliance (CEA) Tom McClusky Director of Government Affairs CatholicVote Jenny Beth Martin Honorary Chairman Tea Party Patriots Action Kevin P. Abplanalp Executive Director Coalition for Liberty Betty Jane Strong William A and Genevieve H Strong Foundation The Strong Company, Inc Nicole Neily Executive Director PDE Action Alfredo Ortiz Chief Executive Officer Job Creators Network

Quena González Senior Director of Government Affairs Family Research Council David Kullberg President Christians for A Sound Economy (CASE) John Shadegg Former Member of Congress 1995-2010 Allen Roth President Secure America Now Penny Nance CEO and President Concerned Women for America Joan Holt Lindsey President Lindsey Communications Donna Rice Hughes CEO Enough Is Enough Allan Wright Executive Director New Jersey Family Foundation Dr. Eric M. Wallace President Freedoms Journal Institute Fran Bevan State Leader, Pennsylvania Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum Sarah Parshall Perry Vice President Defending Education The Honorable Steve King U.S. Congress 2003-2021 Chairman, House Committee on the Constitution (Former) Iowa District #4 President, Free Soil Foundation

Nationally Syndicated Columnist, CURE Founder and Strategic Advisor Beth Parlato Senior Legal Advisor Independent Women's Law Center William L Walton Chairman Resolute Protector Foundation Cleta Mitchell, Esq. Senior Legal Fellow Conservative Partnership Institute Melvin Adams President and Founder Noah Webster Educational Foundation Arthur A. Schulcz, Sr. Executive Director and Gen. Counsel International Conference of Evangelical Chaplain Endorsers Jason Poblete, Esq. Global Liberty Alliance Jim Mischel CEO Electric Mirror

Ron Armstrong President Stand Up Michigan Inc. John Stemberger President Liberty Counsel Action Donald T. Eason President Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) Todd Chasteen Vice President of Public Policy & General Counsel Samaritan’s Purse Kelly M. Kullberg General Secretary American Association of Evangelicals (AAE) Patrice Onwuka Director Center for Economic Opportunity at the Independent Women’s Forum Jonathan Wolfson Cicero Institute