Senate committee OKs Trump pick for labor secretary

Published September 24, 2019 11:29am ET



Private-sector lawyer Eugene Scalia, President Trump’s pick for labor secretary, gained approval from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on a party-line vote Tuesday.

The vote came just days after the nominee, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, had his first appearance before the committee, prompting Democrats to accuse the administration of rushing the nomination through before they had time to fully consider it. Scalia’s nomination now goes to the full Senate.

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