The chairman of the House oversight panel threatened Friday to subpoena testimony and documents related to the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the panel’s Democratic chairman, said officials at the Commerce Department withheld key documents about the decision despite repeated follow-up requests.
In a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross dated Friday, Cummings said the committee “is seeking to understand the real reason that you added a citizenship question to the 2020 census.”
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