Rep. Lori Chavez Delemer (R-Ore.) speaks during a House Transportation Committee hearing on “Department of Transportation Policy and Program Oversight and Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request” Thursday, June 27, 2024, at the Rayburn House Office Building. Participate in the meeting. .
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President-elect of the United States donald trump On Friday, he announced the selection of Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez Delemer to be Secretary of Labor.
President Trump said Chavez Delemer has worked “vigorously” with businesses and workers to strengthen America’s workforce and support Americans.
“I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunities for American workers, expand training and apprenticeships, raise wages and improve working conditions, and bring back manufacturing jobs,” President Trump said in a statement. I’m looking forward to it.”
Chavez Delemer, elected to the House of Representatives in 2022, lost her seat to Democrat Janelle Bynum earlier this month.
