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Our goal should be to promote healing and equality of opportunity,\u201d said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe diversity and inclusion in our workforce are very important but we need to approach those goals in a way that promotes teamwork and empowering people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue of diversity training was brought to the fore near the end of the Trump administration, when then-President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2020\/09\/08\/trump-moves-to-end-un-american-diversity-training-for-feds\/\" target=_blank>ordered the federal government to halt all training<\/a> that promoted theories of white privilege and embedded racism in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2021\/01\/21\/biden-overrides-trump-orders-on-diversity-training\/\" target=_blank>overturned those orders<\/a> on his first day in office, and spoke on the campaign trail about the importance of 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