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FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill, in Washington. According to an investigation from the Office of Inspector General, during congressional testimony three years ago, the former U.S. Commerce Secretary gave a misleading reason for why he wanted a citizenship question on the 2020 census. An investigation by the watchdog agency showed that Ross misrepresented the reason for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire during two appearances before House committees in March 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Watchdog: Ross misled on reason for citizenship question

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hospitalized, ‘minor’ issues

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FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2019, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listening to President Donald Trump speak during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Ross suggested Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, that a viral outbreak in China could offer an upside to the U.S. economy by encouraging manufacturers to move back to America. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Commerce secretary: China virus could bring jobs back to US

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this June 27, 2019, photo, demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House sues to get docs on Donald Trump census citizenship decision

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross sits on chair after delivering a speech at Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

US woos Asia with plan to rival China’s ‘Belt and Road’

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, right, looks on as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the media at medical-device manufacturer Merit Medical in South Jordan, Utah. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has slammed China’s trade practices and trumpeted America’s economic relationship with Australia amid a festering trade war with Beijing. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US Commerce Secretary praises Australia, criticizes China

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

US Commerce declares fishing disasters for 7 states

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attends a meeting of the 17th Latin American Infrastructure Leadership Forum, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Secretary Ross is on a four-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Wilbur Ross: Hong Kong is ‘an internal matter’ for China

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, speaks about the 2020 census in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Wilbur Ross’ can’t stay awake during meetings, Commerce Department ‘a disaster’: report

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2019 file photo shows a banner of the 5G network is displayed during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain. The U.S. communications regulator will hold a massive auction to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks, and will spend $20 billion for rural internet. 5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday, April 12, that it would hold the largest auction in U.S. history, of 3,400 megahertz, to boost wireless companies’ networks. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

EDITORIAL: Who’s blocking Trump’s 5G priorities?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Attorney General William Barr listens as an inmate talks about the First Step Back program during a tour of a federal prison Monday, July 8, 2019, in Edgefield, S.C., in this file photo. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Barr, Ross say they’ve been cooperative, urge Pelosi not hold contempt vote

By Gabriella Muñoz and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the census as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens during an event with President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: White House slams contempt vote for officials

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Attorney General William Barr speaks about the census as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens during an event with President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House holds 2 Trump officials in contempt in census dispute

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

The U.S. Census Bureau and the citizenship question for the 2020 census continue to spark many discussions. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump dings House Dems for holding Barr, Ross in contempt: ‘They are getting NO work done’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies during the House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Wilbur Ross: China deal will happen, just not at G-20

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General William Barr listens to concerns raised about public safety in rural Alaska during at a roundtable discussion at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. Barr did not take questions from reporters in his first public appearance after former special prosecutor Robert Mueller spoke to reporters after resigning at the completion of his report into Russian interference into the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

House panel moves toward contempt vote over census documents

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal money. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith) **FILE**

Supreme Court hears arguments over citizenship question on census

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

First Responder Network Authority interim CEO Ed Parkinson, seated from left, and University of Mississippi Medical Center Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Dr. LouAnn Woodward, seated right, have their photograph taken after signing an agreement Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at the medical center in Jackson, Miss., agreeing to do research on how emergency medical workers can use mobile internet. U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., stands left, Gov. Phil Bryant, second from left and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross look on behind them. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Research on emergency medical internet set for Mississippi

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is sworn-in during the House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democratic lawmakers grill Ross on citizenship question

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies during the House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Wilbur Ross secretly pushed citizenship census question, Democrats charge

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press