President-elect Trump announced Friday that he will nominate Rep. Lori Chavez Delemer (R-Ore.) to be secretary of labor.
“I am proud to nominate Congresswoman Lori Chavez Delemer of Oregon to be Secretary of Labor,” President Trump said in a statement. “Lori has worked tirelessly with both businesses and workers to build America’s workforce and support America’s hardworking men and women. and expand training and apprenticeships to improve wages and workforce availability. I look forward to working with her to improve working conditions and bring back manufacturing jobs. Together, we can restore the American Dream to working families, improve business and labor Achieve historic cooperation between the two parties. ”
He added, “With Lori's strong support from both the business and labor communities, the Department of Labor will continue to achieve unprecedented national success: making America richer, richer, stronger, and more prosperous than ever before.” It will unite Americans of all backgrounds around this challenge!”
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Chavez Delemer will be first elected to Congress in 2022. failed to win re-election earlier this month in a close race against Democrat Janelle Bynum. (Source via Ben Lee/Reuters)
Chavez Delemer will be first elected to Congress in 2022. failed in re-election earlier this month in a close race against Democrat Janelle Bynum.
Chavez Delemer's candidacy was backed by the Teamsters Union, which Trump allies had tried to court earlier this year to expand the Republican base for the 2024 election.
“Thank you @realDonaldTrump for putting American workers first by nominating Congresswoman Lori Chavez Delemer to be U.S. Secretary of Labor,” Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, said after the announcement. I wrote to X. “Nearly a year ago, you joined our @Teamsters roundtable and committed to listening to workers and finding common ground to protect and respect American labor. We put words into action. Let's raise wages and improve working conditions across America. Congratulations.” @LChavezDeRemer We look forward to your nomination! North America's strongest union is ready to work with you every step of the way to grow good union jobs and rebuild our nation's middle class. #Teamstar strong. ”
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Chavez Deremer joins House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Rep. Mike Walz (R-Fla.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as Trump's new president. He will be the fourth current House Republican elected to the administration. Gaetz withdrew from consideration Thursday.
Chavez Delemer is the fourth current House Republican elected to the Trump administration. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
She previously released a statement after the Teamsters supported her role.
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“I am honored to have the opportunity to support President Trump’s mission to empower and grow our nation’s workforce,” she said. “Hardworking Americans finally have a lifeline with the president, and I look forward to working tirelessly to support the president's great efforts to transform the Republican Party into the party of American workers,” she said. .
FOX News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
