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Senate HELP Committee Advances Lori Chavez De Remer Nomination to Full Senate, 13-9
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 13–9 to favorably report the nomination of Lori Chavez De Remer to be secretary of labor after a hearing that featured partisan debate over labor policy and executive influence.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 13–9 to favorably report the nomination of Lori Chavez De Remer to be secretary of labor, sending her nomination to the full Senate.
The vote followed opening statements that highlighted deep partisan differences over federal labor policy. “Today, tens of millions of workers, Americans, are earning starvation wages. $12.13 bucks an hour. Nobody in any part of this country can survive on $12.13 dollars an hour,” Senator Bernie Sanders said during his remarks opposing the nominee. Supporters argued Chavez De…
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