Tag: secretary
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New Housing Secretary continues pledge to ‘build baby build’
Britain’s new Housing Secretary has pledged to accelerate housebuilding as Labour ramps up efforts to tackle the housing crisis. Steve Reed, who stepped into the role after Angela Rayner’s resignation, has adopted her well-known slogan, “build, baby build,” to signal continuity and urgency. He told officials he would “pull every lever” build homes and deliver…
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer confirmed as labor secretary
Dive Brief: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, former Republican congresswoman from Oregon, was confirmed as labor secretary in a Senate vote Monday evening. The 67-32 vote in support of Chavez-DeRemer included 17 Democrats. Three Republicans voted against her confirmation. Given her favorable rapport with unions and past support for legislation like the PRO Act, Chavez-DeRemer is expected to…
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Trump names former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling deputy labor secretary
Dive Brief: President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Keith Sonderling to serve as the new deputy labor secretary, he announced via a post Wednesday on Truth Social. In the new role, Sonderling, a Republican former commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission whose term ended in August, would hold the No. 2 spot at the…