When asked about her approach, Acting Chair Victoria Lipnic said:
A complete understanding of my record at the Commission would first
require exploring my core principles on the law, the role of the EEOC as a civil
rights agency, and the role of modern regulatory agencies generally, all of which I
bring to the consideration of any discrete matter. Then, why I voted to approve or
disapprove a policy matter could be understood in full context.
When I consider, for example, a vote for litigation purposes, I look at any number
of factors, including the law, Commission policy and procedure, the facts of the
case, the scope of the proposed action, and the proposed use of Commission
resources.
On broad policy-setting matters, I actively engage with my colleagues to attempt
to forge agreement. Sometimes we agree; sometimes we don't. On most matters,
no one factor is determinative. Rather, a mixture of emphases informs my
decisions.
My voting record has been clear, though, that where the agency crosses the line
into legislating, despite whether I may support the policy goal, these are matters
clearly left to Congress in our constitutional system.
Beyond my voting record, I have played an active role in the many other
functions of the EEOC, including working to organize numerous public meetings
of the Commission; to develop Commission policy (for example, the bipartisan
regulations under the ADAAA); and my recent co-chairing the EEOC's Select
Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.