Scalia on the Hill

EEOC last year logged the fewest investigators to probe civil rights complaints in at least nine years, POLITICO's Rebecca Rainey reports. The investigators numbered 741 in April 2018 and averaged 758 during that fiscal year. By comparison, during the last four years of the Obama administration there was an average of 825 EEOC investigators.

The Trump Administration's failure to adequately staff and fund the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is deeply concerning," said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), who chairs a House subcommittee on civil rights. "The EEOC has the critical responsibility of enforcing federal laws that prohibit workplace discrimination, which cannot be completed without proper staffing and resources"