<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican former congresswoman whose past support for organized labor earned her skepticism and support across party lines, was confirmed<strong class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10"> </strong>by the Senate on Monday to lead the Labor Department for the Trump administration.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The 67-to-32<strong class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10"> </strong>vote puts Ms. Chavez-DeRemer in charge of enforcing federal labor laws, including workplace safety and pay regulations, and overseeing the collection and publication of labor market data.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">She secured votes from prominent Democrats, including Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, while several Republicans — including Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, both of Kentucky — voted against her, a reflection of Ms. Chavez-DeRemer’s history of support for labor unions and collective bargaining.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Ms. Chavez-DeRemer <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/27/us/trump-news#trumps-labor-nominee-advances-in-a-senate-committee-vote" title="">advanced</a> to the full vote after <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/27/us/trump-news#trumps-labor-nominee-advances-in-a-senate-committee-vote" title="">a Senate subcommittee last month voted 14 to 9</a> — with some crossing of party lines — to approve her nomination. The vote from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee followed a hearing at which she faced sharp questions about her support for unions.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-1"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">While in Congress, Ms. Chavez-DeRemer was a co-sponsor of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, known as the PRO Act, a sweeping labor bill that sought to strengthen collective bargaining rights. The bill, a Democratic priority, has yet to win passage, and she was among the few Republicans to support it.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Ms. Chavez-DeRemer lost her re-election bid in Oregon in November. She was <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/business/economy/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-trump.html" title="">tapped for the Cabinet role by President Trump</a> after some urging from the Teamsters president, Sean O’Brien.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">At her Senate hearing last month, she sought to distance herself from the PRO bill and also pledged support for Mr. Trump’s agenda.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Mr. Paul voted against her on the Senate subcommittee, and did so again on Monday — along with Mr. McConnell, the former majority leader, who has voted against several<strong class="css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10"> </strong>of Mr. Trump’s nominees, including Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health and human services secretary.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div>