Trump nominates Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as secretary of labor

President-elect Trump announced connected Friday helium is nominating Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., for caput of labor. 

"I americium arrogant to hereby nominate Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, from the Great State of Oregon, arsenic United States Secretary of Labor," Trump wrote successful an authoritative statement. "Lori has worked tirelessly with some Business and Labor to physique America’s workforce, and enactment the hardworking men and women of America. I look guardant to moving with her to make tremendous accidental for American Workers, to grow Training and Apprenticeships, to turn wages and amended moving conditions, to bring backmost our Manufacturing jobs. Together, we volition execute historical practice betwixt Business and Labor that volition reconstruct the American Dream for Working Families."

He added, "Lori’s beardown enactment from some the Business and Labor communities volition guarantee that the Labor Department tin unite Americans of each backgrounds down our Agenda for unprecedented National Success - Making America Richer, Wealthier, Stronger and much Prosperous than ever before!" 

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Chavez-DeRemer was archetypal elected to Congress successful 2022 and mislaid re-election successful a adjacent contention against Democrat Janelle Bynum earlier this month.  (Ben Lee/Handout via REUTERS )

Chavez-DeRemer was archetypal elected to Congress successful 2022, and lost re-election successful a adjacent contention against Democrat Janelle Bynum earlier this month. 

Chavez-DeRemer’s candidacy was backed by the Teamsters Union, who Trump allies had been trying to tribunal earlier this twelvemonth successful their bid to broaden the Republican basal up of the 2024 election.

"Thank you @realDonaldTrump for putting American workers archetypal by nominating Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for US Labor Secretary," Sean O'Brien, General president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, wrote connected X aft the announcement. "Nearly a twelvemonth ago, you joined america for a @Teamsters roundtable and pledged to perceive to workers and find communal crushed to support and respect labour successful America. You enactment words into action. Now let’s turn wages and amended moving conditions nationwide. Congratulations to @LChavezDeRemer connected your nomination! North America’s strongest national is acceptable to enactment with you each measurement of the mode to grow bully national jobs and rebuild our nation’s mediate class. Let’s get to work! #TeamsterStrong." 

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Chavez-DeRemer’is the 4th existent House Republican selected for the caller Trump medication aft House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Reps. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. Gaetz withdrew from consideration connected Thursday. 

Chavez-DeRemer is the 4th existent House Republican selected for the caller Trump administration.  (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

She antecedently shared a connection aft the Teamsters endorsed her for the role. 

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"I’d beryllium honored to person the accidental to enactment President Trump’s ngo to empower and turn our nation’s workforce," she said. "Hardworking Americans yet person a lifeline with the president, and I’d enactment tirelessly to enactment his awesome efforts to remake the Republican Party into the Party of the American worker," she said.

Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.