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Rashaan Ayesh

Secretary of Commerce refuses to testify on Trump's budget following second invitation

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Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has turned down a second request from the House Appropriations subcommittee to testify on President Trump's proposed budget, Politico reports.

Details: Ross said testifying in front of the subcommittee would take away from the important budget discussions happening, per Politico. This comes a day after Ross was subpoenaed by the House Oversight committee to answer questions about the citizenship question on the 2020 census.

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