Rep. Calvert Urges Biden to Withdraw Sec. Su Nomination in Wake of Latest Scandal

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA-42) released the following statement in response to the report that under the watch of President Biden's Deputy Secretary of Labor nominee and current California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su the California Employment Development Department (EDD) paid a private firm $55 million to operate a call center that failed to answer over 73 million phone calls from unemployed workers seeking help with unemployment benefits:

"In light of yet another damning report exposing the massive failures of the EDD, I am urging President Biden to withdraw the nomination of California Labor Secretary Julie A. Su to the second-highest post at the U.S. Department of Labor. At a time when unemployed California workers were desperate for help, Secretary Su's department literally failed to answer their calls for aid. It's outrageous that instead of fixing the clear and obvious problems, Secretary Su continued to send tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to a private company that answered less than ten percent of the calls coming in. Americans deserve accountability and assistance when they reach out for support. It's clear from her long list of failures that Secretary Su is not up to meeting that standard."