Washington – The former representative of the Lori Chavez-Deremer GOP, President Trump nominated to manage the labor serviceis comparable to a senatorial committee for her confirmation audience on Wednesday, where she was to face difficult issues of at least one member of her own party.
The Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, which sits on the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, said that it would oppose it because of its previous support for pro-union policies. Chavez-Deremer was one of the three Republicans who supported the protection of the law on the organization of the right to organize or pro, at the last congress. The bill would have strengthened labor protections so that workers negotiate and collectively widen sanctions for employers who violate workers’ rights.
Chavez-Deremer addressed his support for the bill in his declaration of opening, saying that she had recognized that the bill was “imperfect” and would implement the work policies of President Trump if she was confirmed as secretary .
“If it is confirmed, my work will be to implement the political vision of President Trump. And my principal principle will be the director director of President Trump-guaranteeing a fair playground for businesses, unions and, above all, the American worker, “she said.
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In January, Paul predicted that Chavez-Deremer could lose more than a dozen republican votes. But so far, he has been the only Senator of the GOP to draw his support publicly.
“I am the national spokesperson and principal author of the bill on labor law. His support for the pro act, which would not only oppose national work law, but to the law of the State on the right to work – I think that it is not a good thing “, Paul Paul said NBC News last month. “And it would be a bit difficult for me, because it is a big problem for me, to support it.”
Without Paul, Chavez-Deremer will need at least one democrat on the Senate committee to vote to advance his appointment. Republicans have a majority of 12 to 11 vote on the panel.
Chavez-Deremer could in theory recover the support of democrats for its pro-union positions, but many merger on the overhaul of the president of the executive branch and the layoffs of federal workers.
So far, the candidates in Mr. Trump have been confirmed with a minimum of GOP defections. Three Republicans voted against the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who was confirmed after Vice-President JD Vance voted for the tie vote. The Republicans were otherwise united behind the choices of Mr. Trump, with the exception of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who voted against three candidates last week.
Trump appointed Chavez-Deremer, an Oregon Republican, as a work secretary after losing his candidacy in re-election in November. She served a two -year mandate at the Congress, becoming the first Republican woman elected to the Congress in Oregon.