The House Education and Workforce Committee on Monday subpoenaed acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su over what it called a “failure” to hand over materials related to the department’s return-to-work plan.
“Under Acting Secretary Su, the [Department of Labor (DOL)] has adopted a posture of blatant negligence in complying with the Committee’s oversight requests — vague answers and routine failures to provide requested materials have become the norm,” committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said in a statement.
It comes days after Foxx threatened to subpoena Su during a committee hearing last week, when the Labor chief appeared before the panel.
Foxx sent a letter to Su on March 6 pressing her on the department’s failure to submit their return-to-office policies after the White House requested the information. The North Carolina Republican asked Su to do so by March 20, but last week said an adequate…