Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., held a hearing Tuesday to look into President Barack Obama's appointment of "czars."
The move may be partly a response to the negative press surrounding his pick for safe-schools czar, Kevin Jennings.
Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, one of the most powerful gay-activist organizations in the country, is the subject of a letter to Obama from Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, the first lawmaker to publicly call for the firing of the gay activist.
In his letter, King said Jennings' career in gay activism disqualifies him for a position promoting school safety.
"There is more to safe- and drug-free schools than can be accomplished from the narrow view of Mr. Jennings," he wrote, "who has, for more than 20 years, almost exclusively focused on promoting the homosexual agenda."
Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., wrote a similar letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, calling for the committee to investigate Jennings' qualifications and the process by which he was appointed.
"While serving as executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network in 2000," the letter states, "his organization co-sponsored a seminar that provided disturbing sexually explicit information to 12-year-old schoolchildren. This callous disregard for America's youth is distressing on a number of levels."
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