On 5/1/204, Acting Secretary Julie Su appeared for a lengthy hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) grilled Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. Su appeared before the House Committee on Education & the Workforce at an oversight hearing about the Department of Labor’s (DOL) budget request for Fiscal Year 2025, fittingly held on the socialist-inspired “International Workers’ Day.” The Biden administration’s request includes an increase of $318 million for DOL, ballooning the department’s budget to $13.9 billion.

Members of Congress told Julie Su to resign at a committee hearing amid criticism of her illegitimate tenure, regulatory overreach, and long pattern of obfuscation. In her time as Acting Secretary, Julie Su put forth a new independent contractor rule which threatens to reclassify millions of workers, forcing them into W-2 employment status or out of work entirely. This sweeping rule change was an element of focus at the hearing during the hearing.

A flurry of exchanges unfolded involving DOL’s job-killing independent contractor rule. The rule will disrupt and damage millions of livelihoods by forcing workers to change unwillingly from 1099 to W-2 status. Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) asked, “Isn’t that the choice of the employee?” “Well…” Acting Secretary Su trailed off.

Frustration with Su’s evasiveness in response to basic questions came to a fever pitch in a fiery exchange between the Acting Secretary and Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), who asked four separate times whether Su had ever owned a business. Su refused to provide a straightforward answer, which Rep. McClain said is “exactly the reason” Su has so far failed to gain confirmation in the Senate.

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GOP grills Acting Sec Su: it’s comical, brilliant at answering question I didn’t asked, Let’s try again