Hoyer said he received a call from Clyburn apologizing for remarks he made to The Wall Street Journal, in which Clyburn pointedly asked, 'How many black folks are on Hoyer’s staff?”
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has apologized to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for his comments about the lack of diversity among their top staff.
Hoyer said a majority of his congressional aides — 70 percent — do represent diverse populations: women, people of color, or LGBT individuals."We had a conversation. He apologized," Pelosi said. In Pelosi's combined personal and leadership offices, 84 percent of staff are women, people of color or LGBT individuals. Forty-eight percent of her staff are people of color.
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