Defense Department officials said Mr. Hagel "appreciates the Congressional Black Caucus's concerns regarding this issue," in the words of Lt. Cmdr.
Marie, similar to the campaign previously undertaken by his caucus colleague Rick Bartolucci regarding the extension of Highway 400.
He soon became one of the House Republican caucus' top advisors regarding health care legislation, particularly the Patients' Bill of Rights.
But the caucus announced no decisions Wednesday regarding such a change.
But many of the 13 caucus states have very flexible rules regarding delegates.
Ameya Pawar, chairman of the city council's Asian-American Caucus, called for the Aviation Committee to hold hearings regarding the incident, as the company frequently shuttles students to Chicago's O'Hare airport, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Carolyn Smith Evans, co-founder and Chair, National Education Association's Healthy Schools Caucus, noted, "The events in the Portland, Oregon public schools regarding lead in school water supplies and the untimely disclosure to parents and teachers seem to be reverberating around the state.
On Wednesday evening, Sen. Jim Summerville (R-Dickson) sent an email to Rep. Barbara Cooper (D-Memphis) saying he did "not give a rat's a" what the Black Caucus thought of a report released by his subcommittee regarding Tennessee State University.
The inconsistent delegate counts result from uncertainty regarding how many delegates each candidate is likely to win in the caucus states where delegates are technically unbound.
Rangel said he spoke with ethics committee staff members regarding a conference that he and four other members of the Congressional Black Caucus attended last November in St .Martin.
