Trump picks congresswoman Lori Chavez-Deremer to be labor secretary

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., participates in the House Transportation Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Transportation’s Policies and Programs and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request” in the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday he has chosen congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to serve as his labor secretary.

Trump said Chavez-DeRemer has worked “tirelessly” with business and labor to build the U.S. workforce and support Americans.

“I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunity for American Workers, to expand training and apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions, to bring back our Manufacturing jobs,” Trump said in a statement.

Chavez-DeRemer, who was elected to Congress in 2022, lost her seat to Democrat Janelle Bynum earlier this month

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