Published July 13, 2026
EPPC scholars Rachel N. Morrison, Eric Kniffin, and Jamie Bryan Hall submitted a public comment supporting a proposed rule by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and 41 partner agencies to streamline regulations for federal financial assistance by creating uniform guidance and standards for grants across agencies. The scholars pointed to the many benefits of such an approach, including predictability, transparency, consistency, clarity, and better oversight.
As the scholars wrote:
Under the Biden Administration, OMB and federal agencies used federal awards to promote woke policies, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), gender ideology, and abortion. In contrast, OMB under the Trump Administration proposes to prohibit grants that push disparate impact liability, discriminatory event services, DEI, gender ideology, sex-rejecting procedures, and abortion.
In their comment, the scholars supported these prohibitions, explaining how the Biden-era policies were harmful and should not be promoted by the federal government and with taxpayer dollars. The scholars also provided suggestions of ways OMB can strengthen its proposed regulatory text to provide more clarity and better protect religious liberty and conscience rights.
The scholars concluded by urging OMB to finalize the rule with their suggestions.
Other organizations also submitted comments on the proposed rule, including:
- Americans United for Life
- The National Catholic Bioethics Center, The Catholic Medical Association, and The National Association of Catholic Nurses, USA
- Center for Public Justice
Rachel N. Morrison is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she directs EPPC’s Administrative State Accountability Project, which advocates for an authentic understanding of the human person in the drafting, implementation, and rollback of government regulations.
