President-elect Donald Trump on Friday night nominated an Oregon congresswoman to become the nation's next labor secretary, touting her as the right person for the job to grow languishing wages and resurrect manufacturing jobs.
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) was the first Republican woman to represent the state in the House and one of the first two Hispanic women from the state elected to Congress. She has in the past touted her "strong record of delivering bipartisan results."
"I had the second-most bipartisan voting record last year because I’m not afraid to stand up and do what’s best for the 5th District," she told Oregon Public Broadcasting in October.
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She lost her re-election bid to Democrat Janelle Bynum during an election in which Chavez-DeRemer was described by Democrats as an "extremist in moderate’s clothing who has attempted over and over to mislead Oregonians about her out-of-touch beliefs – especially on her votes against reproductive freedom."
Trump said in a statement that he looks "forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunity for American Workers, to expand Training and Apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions, to bring back our Manufacturing jobs."
"Together, we will achieve historic cooperation between Business and Labor that will restore the American Dream for Working Families," said Trump. "Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that the Labor Department can unite Americans of all backgrounds behind our Agenda for unprecedented National Success - Making America Richer, Wealthier, Stronger and more Prosperous than ever before!"