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Nominating Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary of Labor

President Trump has nominated former U.S. Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be the U.S. Secretary of Labor. She represented Oregon’s 5th Congressional district in the 118th Congress. She was one of only three House Republicans to co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and one of only eight Republicans to co-sponsor the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act. If confirmed by the Senate to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, she would be responsible for carrying out the Trump administration’s agenda with respect to regulating and enforcing wage and hour, workplace safety, and employee benefits program protections, as well as the Department’s jurisdiction over massive federal training and workforce development programs, labor standards for federal contractors, and more.