Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee will allow Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to answer questions in writing about his inaccurate financial report rather than face public questioning on the matter at an upcoming hearing. Ross also tried in recent days to postpone the Oversight hearing to April 9, according to the correspondence. The Commerce Department and a spokesman for the Oversight Committee declined to comment. House Democrats are expected to question Ross on Thursday about the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Additionally, Democrats want to question Ross about why he originally blamed the Justice Department for the new census question.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2019 23:23 UTC