OAN Staff Abril Elfi
10:57am – Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
Former GOP Oregon representative Lori Chavez Deremar has been confirmed to lead the Labor Bureau by the Senate.
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On Monday, Chavez Deremar was confirmed with a 67-32 vote, with 17 Democrats joining the Republicans to support her.
Three Republicans: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY.), Mitch McConnell (R-KY.), and Todd Budd (RN.C.) voted against her confirmation.
“The American people deserve change after four years of economic heartache under the “most parent-union government in American history.” Unfortunately, Lori Chavez Deremar's record-breaking policies promote policies that force working Americans to union membership.
Chavez-Deremer will oversee federal laws and regulations relating to union and workplace situations, including the workforce, minimum wage and other labor-related issues.
She previously told the senator that if confirmed as Secretary of Labor, President Donald Trump would implement President Donald Trump's policy vision.
“My guideline principle is to guide President Trump, ensuring a level playing field for businesses, unions and, most importantly, American workers,” she said in February.
Chavez Deremar served in the House from 2023 to 2025. When she was reelection in the 2024 election, she was defeated by Janelle Bynum (d-oregon).
In Congress, she was one of the Republican House co-sponsors of the Ordinary Integrated Bills to Protect the Right to Organize, aimed at expanding labor protections for individuals to organize and negotiate collectively in the workplace.
However, she distanced herself from the bill after some Republican senators raised concerns during a confirmation hearing last month.
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