By Ryan Foley, Christian Put up Reporter
President Donald Trump’s nominee to succor as secretary of labor, who is expected to face opposition from Senate Republicans, admitted to lawmakers that she once worked at a Deliberate Parenthood facility.
A provide shut to the wretchedness confirmed to The Christian Put up Thursday that Lori Chavez-DeRemer worked for a Deliberate Parenthood in Fresno, California, from January 1989 thru February 1991.
Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican who represented Oregon’s fifth Congressional District in the 118th United States Congress, took appointments at the abortion supplier’s entrance desk.
Chavez-DeRemer’s previous work for Deliberate Parenthood came up on a disclosure put she submitted to the U.S. Senate’s Nicely being, Training, Labor and Pensions Committee, which is tasked with pondering her nomination. The provide confirmed to CP the authenticity of Chavez-DeRemer’s elaboration on her work at the abortion supplier on the disclosure put that she submitted, which NBC News reported on.
“This rapid, section-time job from over three decades has no bearing on my toughen for enforcing President Trump’s skilled-life agenda. … At some level of my time in the Rental I had a 100% skilled-life vote casting sage,” she wrote. “I for my fragment attain now no longer toughen abortion, and if confirmed, I’d now no longer employ my plan as Secretary to facilitate abortion procure admission to in Labor Division applications. My job will most certainly be to place in force President Trump’s agenda.”
Chavez-DeRemer served for a single term in the U.S. Rental of Representatives earlier than losing re-election to Democrat Janelle Bynum in 2024. At some level of her time in Congress, she bought a get of “B” on Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life The United States’s National Pro-Life Scorecard.
“While Congresswoman Chavez DeRemer’s vote casting sage is skilled-life, disappointingly, she has additionally publicly opposed passage of bills that can completely terminate taxpayer funding of abortion across the federal executive and terminate the Biden-Harris administration’s unsafe and illegal mail impart abortion treatment policy,” the skilled-life organization states on her on-line scorecard.
Trump first launched Chavez-DeRemer as his pick to lead the Labor Division on Nov. 22.
“Lori’s sturdy toughen from both the Industry and Labor communities will absorb particular that that the Labor Division can unite American citizens of all backgrounds in the succor of our Agenda for exceptional National Success — Making The United States Richer, Wealthier, Stronger and More Affluent than ever earlier than!” Trump wrote.
Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination now rests in the hands of the Senate HELP Committee, scheduled to connect in suggestions her nomination in a confirmation hearing on Feb. 19. The HELP Committee contains 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats. Chavez-DeRemer will need the toughen of a majority of 12 senators to come to the fats Senate for a final confirmation vote.
One in every of the Republicans on the HELP Committee, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has already indicated he’s going to vote in opposition to her confirmation. In a Jan. 27 X put up, Paul identified himself as “the national spokesman and lead author of the magnificent-to-work invoice” earlier than noting that Chavez-DeRemer supported the PRO Act, “which would now no longer supreme oppose national magnificent to work nonetheless would pre-empt relate regulations on magnificent to work.”
The term “magnificent-to-work” refers to licensed tips prohibiting employers from requiring workers to ticket up for a labor union as a condition of employment. According to the National Appropriate to Work Foundation, 26 states be pleased magnificent-to-work licensed tips.
Paul’s X put up included a link to an NBC News sage, which included a observation from the senator affirming that “I’m now no longer going to toughen her.” Paul’s stated map to oppose Chavez-DeRemer ability that she will need the toughen of as a minimal one Democrat on the HELP Committee for her nomination to come to the fats Senate.
An announcement from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., printed quickly after her nomination, suggests that Chavez-DeRemer could well additionally simply receive a friendlier reception from Democrats than some of Trump’s so a lot of cabinet picks. Warren remarked, “It’s a colossal deal that a few of the few Republican lawmakers who be pleased endorsed the PRO Act could well additionally lead the Division of Labor,” describing Chavez-DeRemer as “a sturdy candidate for the job” so long as she “commits as labor secretary to increase labor unions and promote worker energy.”
Within the fats Senate, Chavez-DeRemer will need the toughen of a easy majority of 51 senators. For the time being, Republicans abet 53 Senate seats, while Democrats be pleased 47. If extra Republicans join Paul in opposing Chavez-DeRemer because of this of her stance on magnificent-to-work, she could well additionally simply pause up turning into the first Trump cabinet nominee to require Democratic votes to safe confirmation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has had the closest nomination vote to this point. Since three Senate Republicans and all Democrats voted in opposition to him, Vice President J.D. Vance solid the tie-breaking vote.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Put up. He could well additionally even be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
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