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# Erec Smith testimony at the hearing, “Sacrificing Excellence for Ideology: The Real Cost of DEI,” is cited on OAN News 

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##### [Erec Smith](/people/erec-smith)

Research Fellow, Cato Institute, and Cofounder, Free Black Thought

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