The Washington Times
The Bush administration came under fire for withdrawing from a hearing yesterday during which two Cabinet secretaries had been scheduled to testify on immigration and guest-worker proposals.
President Bush has said he supports a guest-worker program and has demanded that Congress send him a bill, but canceled appearances by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was examining the two competing guest-worker bills.
The hearing went on without them, but not without three pointed mentions of the administration's absence by committee Chairman Arlen Specter.
Posted by Suzanne at July 27, 2005