Washington, Dec. 15 -- Congressman Ed Case issued the following press release:
U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the introduction of a measure to assert Congress' full responsibility and control of key legislative branch positions to counter the Trump administration's efforts to remove Congressional agency leaders.
In May of this year, the administration fired Carla Hayden, head the Library of Congress (LOC), a Congressional entity, the de facto national library of the United States and the world's largest library. It also sought to remove Shira Perlmutter, the Register of Copyrights, whose was appointed by Hayden and whose office is part of the LOC.
"The executive branch has no business selecting or removing the leader...