 On March 1, 2020, the office of Vice President Mike Pence announced Carson's addition to White House Coronavirus Task Force.Carson received criticism for spending up to $31,000 on a dining set in his office in late 2017.This expenditure was discovered after Helen Foster, a career HUD official, filed a complaint alleging that she had been demoted from her position because she refused to spend more than the legal $5,000 limit for office redecorations.