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Rep. Calvert: Secretary Su Nomination is an Insult to Workers and Taxpayers

February 10, 2021

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's nomination of California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor:

"President Biden's nomination of California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su to the second-highest post at the U.S. Department of Labor is an insult to workers and taxpayers. Could President Biden really not find anyone more qualified who didn't pay out somewhere between $11 billion and $31 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits? Secretary Su has not only failed taxpayers with her inability to prevent fraud on a massive scale, she's also failed the millions of California workers who have had their desperately needed unemployment benefits delayed or denied. Secretary Su has said she ‘owns' these failures. The Senate should take her at her word and reject Secretary Su's nomination."