Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross declines to appear at Senate hearing as fight over census controversy escalates
Ross' planned absence sparked consternation among Democratic senators who had planned to ask him about his controversial decision to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census. The real reason Trump is going to war over the censusIt comes as House Democrats voted to subpoena Ross for key documents related to the census question.
""I was looking forward to asking him why he misled me during his last appearance, one year ago, when he asserted that the Justice Department was 'the one who made the request' to include a controversial citizenship question on the Census," said Leahy, the top Democrat on the appropriations committee, which oversees the Commerce Department's funding.
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