Lawmakers concerned over appointment to National Employment Post

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington state representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera Beutler voiced concerns over President Biden’s appointment of Suzi Levine as Interim Assistant Secretary of the Employment and Training Administration within the U.S. Department of Labor last week.

Levine was serving as the head of the Washington State Employment Security Department when it was defrauded of more than $600 million of taxpayer dollars last year.

In a Feb. 2 letter to Biden, the representatives said Levine’s “dismal track record” while serving as head of the Washington State...