First fox: House Republican Top officials are calling on President Biden to withdraw his nomination for secretary of labor, citing her career track record.
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, Republican Democrat, House Education Committee Chairman Virginia Fox, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican California, and Rep. Michelle Steele, Republican, California, with Julie * Thursday’s letter to Biden regarding Acting Labor Secretary Sue’s nomination for a full-time gig.
“Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Sue’s record of continued failures and her nomination as Secretary of Labor is deeply disturbing,” Steele told Fox News Digital.
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House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, Republican Democrat; House Education Committee Chairman Virginia Fox, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican California; • Letter to Biden regarding Acting Secretary of Labor Sue’s nomination for a full-time gig. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for One Fair Wage)
“During her tenure at the Workforce Development Agency, Ms. Sue harmed the California workforce, oversaw billions of dollars in fraudulent benefit payments, and only exacerbated the supply chain crisis,” Steele said. continued Mr.
The California Republican added, “I urge President Biden to immediately withdraw Sue’s nomination for this important position.” “Americans can’t afford another leader who doesn’t do his job to revive our economy and strengthen our workforce.”
In the letter, lawmakers wrote they were “deeply concerned about the prospect of Ms. Sue representing the DOL or serving as secretary of labor.”
“Mr. Sue’s record as director of California’s Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) shows that fraud in the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) system failed to prevent it, costing taxpayers billions of dollars and causing California to lose billions of dollars. These include promoting radical policies such as Congressional Bill 5. (AB-5) imposes rigorous worker classification tests, restricts Americans’ rights to work as independent contractors, and regulates supply chains. undermine it,” wrote the Republican Party.
“Similar action at the federal level would be a disaster for workers and our economy,” the lawmaker warned. We strongly oppose her confirmation by the Senate.”
In the letter, Republican Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (left) wrote that he was “deeply concerned about the prospect of Ms. Sue serving as DOL’s president or executive director.” . Labor. “ (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images))
The Republican wrote, “As head of the LWDA, Ms. Su oversaw the Employment Development Department (EDD), which administers the state’s UI billing and other benefit programs.” Failure in EDD. ”
“A January 2021 report issued by the California State Auditor found significant weaknesses in the EDD’s approach to fraud prevention, resulting in billions of dollars in improper UI benefit payments. 4 EDD paid $10.4 billion for claims that were later determined to be fraudulent, according to the report,” lawmakers wrote.
“The report states that $1 billion of this $10.4 billion will come in part from the decision to streamline the EDD process by removing basic safeguards against payments to unidentified individuals. It specifically states that it is a thing,” they continued.
“As state auditors explained, “EDD leaders who made these decisions didn’t fully understand how stop payments worked, so EDD was forced to pay about 77,000 claims. waived barriers and paid out more than $1 billion, possibly fraud EDD later estimated the amount of fraud at $20 billion, but an analysis by Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions showed that EDD managed The total amount of fraud is estimated at $32.6 billion, including other benefit programs.”
Lawmakers said Sue “demonstrates its inability to ensure that taxpayer funds are properly spent in California, stating in comments following the January 2021 audit report that ‘reality cannot be sugarcoated.’ And California didn’t have enough security measures in place,’ he admitted.” .'”
They also said Su “admitted that at least 10% of the more than $100 billion in state and federal benefits paid by EDD were fraudulent, adding that the final total could be higher.” I pointed out.
“Sue denounced poor rulemaking by federal officials, but said those failures ‘are no excuse for the EDD to be ill-prepared,’ they added.
Lawmakers also emphasized Hsu’s support for “problematic public policies that have only magnified the U.S. supply chain crisis,” noting that California’s passing of the 2019 Gig Economy Act was “so unpopular that it Legislators had to carve out dozens of exemptions,” he said, pointing out that the legislative requirements were unworkable and unrealistic in today’s economy, and therefore favored industries. ”
“Because of her incorrect records in California, there is great concern about the potential dire consequences at the federal level if Ms. Sue becomes Secretary. I ask you to withdraw your nomination,” the lawmaker wrote.
Rep. Steele said Fox News Digital Sioux’s “continuous record of failures and her nomination for Secretary of Labor is deeply disturbing.” (Orange County Register/Getty Images)
Thirteen House Republicans, including Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Young Kim of California, signed the letter to the president.
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Nearly all Republicans on the California legislative delegation signed a letter that reached the White House Thursday morning.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
