Senate confirms Rep. James Clyburn's Daughter to head a federal commission: She becomes the Latest Relative of a Biden Ally to Secure a Top Government Post
Jennifer Clyburn Reed, the daughter of House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, has been confirmed by the
Senate to lead a federal commission aimed at alleviating extreme poverty in part of the US South.
Reed, whose father is the number-three Democrat in the House, was nominated by President
Joe Biden to serve as Federal co-chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC) in August.
The Democrat-majority Senate confirmed her appointment in a Wednesday voice vote after she was unanimously approved by the Environment and Public Works Committee earlier this month.
She joins a number of other children and siblings of Biden's inner circle in landing a federal government job, including
Jen Psaki's sister and a
White House adviser's son and daughter.
The previously inactive SCRC was originally commissioned under the Obama administration in 2008 to 'make direct federal investment in the Southeastern United States.'
Sometimes known as the US Blackbelt, the region includes the Carolinas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Florida. Significant portions of it have been plagued by extreme poverty for decades and suffer from a lack of government resources.
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