Seyfarth Synopsis: The Acting Chair of the EEOC has been renominated to serve another term as commissioner, and testified at her confirmation hearing on June 18, 2025. Confirmation is required for her to continue as Acting Chair. Ms. Lucas' testimony confirmed her allegiance to the Trump administration, and its EEO-related priorities.
On June 18, 2025, Andrea Lucas, Acting Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Ms. Lucas was appointed by President Trump during his first administration in 2020 for a term running through July 1, 2025, and was appointed by him as acting chair in January 2025. In March, President Trump renominated Ms. Lucas as EEOC commissioner for a second term that would extend her tenure through July 2030.
Ms. Lucas' time as acting chair to date reflects her alignment with President Trump's executive orders and other policy priorities, including de-prioritizing claims asserted by nonbinary and transgender workers, rolling back protections for transgender workers (and sharply criticizing what Ms. Lucas called Biden-era "weaponiz[ation]" of the EEOC in this area), and vocally opposing diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and turning the EEOC's focus toward anti-American national origin discrimination and protecting workers from religious bias and harassment.
During her testimony, Ms. Lucas confirmed her continued alignment with the...
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