Trump Nominates Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary

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Chavez-DeRemer, 56, is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

President-elect Donald Trump has fired off another Friday night cabinet pick, selecting Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to lead his Department of Labor.

โ€œLori has worked tirelessly with both business and labor to build Americaโ€™s workforce, and support the hardworking men and women of America,โ€ Trump wrote in a Nov. 22 statement on the nomination.

She expressed her gratitude to Trump.

โ€œWorking-class Americans finally have a lifeline with you in the White House. Itโ€™s time to bring our economy to new heights and secure a prosperous future for all hardworking Americans,โ€ she wrote in a post on X.

Chavez-DeRemer, 56, is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. She is married to anesthesiologist Shawn DeRemer and has two children.

Chavez-DeRemer has assisted her husband in running his anesthesia clinic chain, Anesthesia Associates Northwest.

The prospective labor secretaryโ€™s early career included service as a city council member and city council president for Happy Valley, a suburb of Portland. She went on to serve as mayor of the city, being elected in 2010 and reelected four years later.

Known as a centrist, Chavez-DeRemer was elected in 2022 to represent Oregonโ€™s Democrat-leaning Fifth Congressional District, a territory that includes much of the eastern Willamette Valley. The freshman lost reelection several weeks ago to Democrat Janelle Bynum by roughly two points.

During her time in office, Chavez-DeRemer was one of just three Republicans who co-sponsored the PRO Act, legislation intended to expand protections for organized labor.

The billโ€™s official name, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, commemorates the late former secretary-general of the AFL-CIO.

Rep. John James (R-Mich.) and Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) were among the Republican lawmakers who lauded the choice on X.

Lauded by Union Leaders

The nomination also won praise from Teamsters Internationalโ€™s Sean Oโ€™Brien. Oโ€™Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention, and his union ultimately declined to endorse either Trump or his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Byย Nathan Worcester

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