The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (Caucus) put more pressure on Biden Friday (Dec. 18) to add Latina women to his Cabinet. Not only that, but Biden is also facing pressure from other congressional caucuses to add their own representatives to his cabinet.
According to U.S. News Politico and Fox, in a letter sent to Biden on Friday night (Dec. 18), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus endorsed Biden’s proposed nominations of Alejandro Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be secretary of the U.S. Department of health and Human Services. Public Services. Both men are of Latino background. But in its letter, the Hispanic Caucus stressed the importance of adding a Latina to the Cabinet list.
“We believe that the next Cabinet must reflect the diverse communities, particularly the Latino community, that have been driving business and economic growth in the United States for many years.” The letter said, “In addition, it is imperative that a female Latina be nominated to a top cabinet position.”
The letter, signed by 12 people, noted that Biden has not yet settled on a nominee for secretary of education and director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
The caucus reminded Biden that they support Lily Eskelsen Garcia for education secretary, but said Miguel Cardona is also enthusiastic about taking on the job. In other words, they offered Biden two Latino candidates for secretary of education.
The caucus also recommended that Biden choose Stacie Olivares to serve as SBA director.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has previously pushed for more Latinos in Biden’s cabinet to better represent the size of the U.S. Latino population, an issue Biden vowed to address when he promised to make his cabinet “the most diverse in history.
Not only the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, but other caucuses are urging Biden to increase their own representation in the cabinet. For example, the Congressional Asian Pacific Islander Caucus has urged Biden to add Asian Pacific Islander representation to his Cabinet. In a November letter, the caucus asked Biden to consider including at least 7 percent of “Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders” (AAPI) in his cabinet, as they make up 7 percent of the U.S. population and are the fastest growing ethnic group in the country.
So far, Biden has nominated Neera Tanden, who is of Indian descent, to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. Biden’s partner, Kamala Harris, is of Jamaican and Indian descent.
President Trump has two AAPI cabinet members.
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