Wilbur Ross has declined a second invitation to testify on Trump’s budget request
Democrats on the House Oversight Committeeto subpoena documents related to Ross’ contentious decision. The issue has already been elevated to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked the Commerce Department from adding the question.
In a statement after Tuesday’s vote, Ross did not explicitly say whether he intends to comply with the subpoena. “The department remains committed to an open and responsive relationship with the committee and has been nothing but cooperative with the committee’s expansive and detailed requests for records,” Ross said of the oversight panel’s probe. “As of today, we have turned over 11,500 pages of documents to the committee, and I voluntarily testified in front of the same committee for nearly seven hours on this issue two weeks ago.
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