Former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department, threaded a needle on her past support for controversial pro-union legislation during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Chavez-DeRemer, 56, was one of Trump’s few picks that has garnered praise among Democrats, in large part because while in Congress, she seemed sympathetic to organized labor and even co-sponsored the Protecting the Right to Organize, or PRO, Act — legislation that many in her party vociferously oppose.

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