CBC Chair (Barbara Lee) questions Gregg's views

[Enrique]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18376.html

Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is questioning Judd Gregg’s appointment as commerce secretary, citing his opposition to census funding, a key issue for African-American members.

“Two of the most important responsibilities of the Commerce Department are to ensure that minority-owned businesses are fully integrated in our nation’s economic recovery and to conduct the decennial census,” wrote Lee, who stopped short of saying she’d urge the Senate to reject the New Hampshire Republican.

“In this light, Sen. Gregg’s record of previously voting to abolish the Commerce Department and his attempts to block President Bill Clinton’s efforts to secure adequate funding for the 2000 census raise troubling concerns regarding his commitment to the department’s core missions.”

The Obama administration is mulling over the idea of creating a mechanism to “dilute” Gregg’s direct control over the Census Bureau to alleviate such concerns, although nothing formal has been proposed, according to congressional Democrats.

[yurbud]

1. if you have to ''dilute his control'' why have him at all?

[Hippo_Tron]

2. There is a mechanism already in place, it's called Gregg works for Obama

If Obama really thought Gregg would politicize the census he wouldn't appoint him.