Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was invited by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA, to testify Wednesday morning concerning her department’s decision to force journalists covering “lockups” releases of new unemployment data to use only government computers and software.

Solis “declined,” according to the committee. It appears the reason for her decline is that she is being honored Wednesday morning at the St. Joseph’s Breakfast, a fund-raising event for the Faith and Politics Institute, a non-profit advocacy group with strong ties to Big Labor and liberal religious interests.