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Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Former Secretary of Labor · OR (District 5) · R

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63 members of Congress quit in modern record exodus as toxic partisanship accelerates

More than 1 in 10 members of Congress announced they won't seek reelection in 2026, the most departures this far from an election in the modern era, driven by gerrymandering, partisan warfare, and a workplace that senior lawmakers say is no longer functional

Events (12)

Mar 3, 2026 · investigation

Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer's top two aides resign amid IG travel fraud probe

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy chief of staff Rebecca Wright resigned in early March after the department's inspector general opened a travel fraud investigation. The probe examined whether the two aides fabricated official events to justify personal travel by Chavez-DeRemer at government expense. Both aides had been on administrative leave since mid-January. A third senior staffer, Melissa Robey, was later fired after cooperating with the IG.

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Nov 18, 2025 · executive

Trump Administration Announces Education Department Interagency Transfers to Labor and Other Agencies

The Departments of Education and Labor jointly announced new interagency agreements on November 18, moving elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education program management to other agencies. The announcement preceded the formal interagency agreements and drew immediate legal scrutiny. The DOL press release framed it as aligning education with workforce development goals.

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Aug 20, 2025 · policy_change

Trump fires BLS chief and nominates Project 2025 loyalist who soon withdraws

Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and nominated Patrick Tyrrell, a Heritage Foundation fellow who co-authored Project 2025 proposals to restructure federal statistical agencies. Tyrrell withdrew within days after Senate opposition coalesced around concerns that he had publicly advocated changing how unemployment and inflation are measured. The episode marked the second Trump attempt in a week to install ideological allies atop federal economic data agencies.

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Jun 25, 2025 · regulatory_action

Labor Department stops enforcing Biden's gig worker protection rule

The Department of Labor announced on June 25, 2025 that it would no longer enforce the 2024 independent contractor rule that made it harder for companies to classify workers as gig contractors rather than employees. The rule had given gig workers access to minimum wage protections, overtime pay, and benefits. The Trump administration said it would issue a new rule restoring a simpler classification test favored by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash.

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Jun 25, 2025 · court_ruling

Judge Carter turns Job Corps restraining order into preliminary injunction

Judge Andrew Carter Jr. converted the June 4 temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction on June 25, 2025, keeping all 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers open during the ongoing lawsuit. Carter wrote that once Congress has passed legislation requiring a program like Job Corps to exist and funded it, the Department of Labor is required to enforce the law as intended. The ruling extended court oversight indefinitely.

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Recent bills sponsored & cosponsored

Bills & legislation

H.R. 9644 · 2024 · Sponsored

Transitional Housing Protection for the Homeless Act

Introduced

H.R. 9496 · 2024 · Sponsored

To amend title 38, United States Code, to include a representative of the National Association of State Veterans Homes on the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced