Biden Labor Nominee Julie Su Advanced by Senate Panel

Published on February 27, 2024

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), was advanced by a Senate committee with a vote of 11-10 on Feb. 27. All GOP Committee members voted against her nomination. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led by Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), took up Ms. Su’s nomination for the second time in a closed-door committee after she failed to make it to the Senate floor during her last nomination. The committee’s ranking member, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), expressed his opposition to lack of transparency during the committee vote. In a floor speech on Feb. 26, he criticized Mr. Sanders for the decision to vote without a public hearing....

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