Overview

Lori Michelle Chavez-DeRemer (born April 7, 1968) served as the 30th U.S. Secretary of Labor from March 11, 2025, to April 20, 2026 — one of the shortest tenures in the department’s history. Nominated by President-elect Donald Trump on November 22, 2024, and confirmed by the Senate 67-32 in a bipartisan vote, she had been distinguished as one of only three House Republicans to co-sponsor the pro-union PRO Act during her single term in Congress representing Oregon’s 5th Congressional District (2023–2025).

Despite her union-friendly reputation, her tenure at the Department of Labor was defined by aggressive deregulation, DOGE-driven workforce reductions of over 3,200 employees (~22% of the department), the termination of $500 million in international labor programs, and court-blocked attempts to close 99 Job Corps centers. She resigned on April 20, 2026, amid an active Department of Labor Inspector General investigation into professional misconduct allegations involving the misuse of government travel resources, an alleged affair with a member of her security detail, and related workplace conduct. Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling was named acting secretary upon her departure.

Background

Early Life and Education

Lori Michelle Chávez was born on April 7, 1968, in Santa Clara County, California. She grew up in the Central Valley of California, graduating from Hanford High School in Hanford, California in 1986. Her father was a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — a biographical detail she has repeatedly invoked in her political career, and one that formed the basis for the Teamsters’ support of her Labor Secretary nomination.

She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from California State University, Fresno in 1990, the first in her family to graduate from college. She worked various jobs, including as a receptionist at a Planned Parenthood clinic in California (1989–1990), cooking, babysitting, and teaching mathematics. She married Shawn DeRemer, an anesthesiologist, in 1991; they have two daughters.

She and her husband moved to Happy Valley, Oregon, in 2000. She worked as a business consultant for Evolve Health from 2019 until her election to Congress in 2022.

(Source: U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives; Wikipedia; BBN Times biography)

Local Government: Happy Valley, Oregon

Chavez-DeRemer’s political career began at the community level:

• 2002: Joined the Happy Valley Parks Committee
• 2005–2010: Elected to Happy Valley City Council; served as council president 2007–2010
• 2011–2018: Elected mayor of Happy Valley, Oregon — the city’s first woman and first Latina mayor. Served two terms. During her tenure Happy Valley became Oregon’s fastest-growing community.

She ran twice for the Oregon House of Representatives 51st district — losing to Democrat Janelle Bynum in both 2016 (51.0%-49.0%) and 2018 (53.9%-45.8%).

(Source: U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives; Ballotpedia; KTVZ voter guide 2024)

Congressional Career: 118th Congress (2023–2025)

Chavez-DeRemer was elected in 2022 to represent Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner 50.9% to 48.8%. She was one of the first Republican women and first Latinas elected to Congress from Oregon.

During her single term in the 118th Congress:

• She was one of only three Republican co-sponsors of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, organized labor’s top legislative priority, making her an outlier in her party.
• She was the primary sponsor of two enacted laws: the Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 7251) and the FY 2023 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act (H.R. 3895).
• She was ranked 6th among all House freshmen in legislative effectiveness by the Center for Effective Lawmaking’s 118th Congress analysis (score: 1.914), meaning her bills had unusual success advancing through committee and floor consideration.

She lost her 2024 re-election bid to Democrat Janelle Bynum — the same opponent she had defeated two years earlier — by a margin of 47.7% to 45.0%.

(Source: GovTrack.us; Center for Effective Lawmaking, 118th Congress Highlights, March 2025; Ballotpedia)

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Role in Trump Administration

Nomination and Confirmation

President-elect Trump announced Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination as Secretary of Labor on November 22, 2024. The nomination drew immediate attention because of her prior PRO Act co-sponsorship, which concerned anti-union conservative senators, while earning praise from several major unions.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a confirmation hearing on February 19, 2025, which became notable for her walkback of the PRO Act (see below). The committee voted 13-9 in favor of her nomination.

The full Senate confirmed her on March 10, 2025, by a bipartisan vote of 67-32:

Party	For	Against
Republicans	50	3 (McConnell, Paul, Budd)
Democrats	17	27
Independents	0	2

Building trades union group NABTU President Sean McGarvey stated: “As the proud daughter of a Teamster, she understands firsthand the vital role unions and working families play in building a stronger, more prosperous America.” The Teamsters, American Federation of Government Employees, and Transport Workers Union supported her nomination. The National Right to Work Committee opposed it.

The three Republican no votes were notable: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) cited her PRO Act history; Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) also voted no.

She was sworn in on March 11, 2025, and became the 30th Secretary of Labor in U.S. history.

(Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress No. 111, March 10, 2025; Ballotpedia confirmation process; ENR.com; NW Labor Press)

Departure

Chavez-DeRemer resigned on April 20, 2026, as the Department of Labor’s Inspector General was nearing the end of a months-long investigation into allegations of professional misconduct (see Documented Actions — Misconduct Investigation below). She became the third Cabinet member to depart Trump’s second-term Cabinet, following DHS Secretary Kristi Noem (fired March 2026) and Attorney General Pam Bondi (departed April 2026).

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung announced her departure on X: “Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives.”

In her own exit statement, Chavez-DeRemer attributed her departure to “high-ranked deep state actors” coordinating with media to undermine her.

Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling was named acting secretary.

(Source: CNN Politics, April 20, 2026; AP/Federal News Network, April 20, 2026; NPR, April 20, 2026; Reuters/Daily Record, April 21, 2026)

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Documented Actions

1. PRO Act Walkback at Confirmation Hearing

At her February 19, 2025 Senate HELP Committee confirmation hearing, Chavez-DeRemer walked back her co-sponsorship of the PRO Act — organized labor’s top federal legislative priority. Specifically, when pressed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), she stated she no longer supports the PRO Act provision that would have overturned state-level Right-to-Work laws.

Her explanation: “Like President Trump, I believe our labor laws need to be updated and modernized to reflect today’s workforce and the business environment. As a member of Congress, the PRO Act was the bill to have those conversations that mattered deeply to the people of Oregon’s 5th congressional district. I recognize that that bill was imperfect, and I also recognize that I am no longer representing Oregon as a lawmaker.”

She also acknowledged, at the hearing, that she had not been briefed on DOGE’s plans for the Department of Labor: “I have not been read in with what DOGE is doing at the Department of Labor.”

(Source: Fox News, February 19, 2025; NW Labor Press, March 2025; Roll Call, February 19, 2025; Thomson Reuters Tax, February 19, 2025)

2. Termination of ILAB Grants ($500 Million, 69 Programs)

On March 26, 2025, the Department of Labor moved to end all grants administered through its Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) — $500 million across 69 programs in more than 40 countries. The programs funded efforts to combat child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking, and included monitoring of foreign government compliance with U.S. trade agreements including the Trump-negotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Chavez-DeRemer posted a video on March 21, 2025, touting the cancellation of “foreign aid grants” saving over $38 million, calling ILAB’s programs “America Last” grants in social media posts. She specifically criticized grants monitoring labor conditions in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry, climate programs in Brazil and Colombia, collective bargaining support in Indonesia and Guatemala, and oversight of labor standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A $70 million grant to the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center — which had operated labor rights programs in some of the world’s most repressive labor regimes — was among those cancelled.

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) described the impact: cuts to ILAB grants “leaves vulnerable workers around the world at risk without access to ILAB-funded programs, undermines our ability to monitor foreign governments’ compliance with U.S. trade agreements, and ensures that U.S. workers will compete on an uneven international playing field.”

The cancellation prompted litigation: American Center for International Labor Solidarity v. Chavez-DeRemer was filed and, as of early 2026, remained an active case.

(Source: NW Labor Press, April 2025; Economic Policy Institute, March 2025; ENR.com; Bloomberg Law)

3. Cancellation of Women’s Apprenticeship (WANTO) Grants

On May 6, 2025, DOL sent cancellation notices to grantees under the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) program, stating the grants no longer “effectuate” DOL priorities. These grants were specifically appropriated by Congress to increase female participation in skilled trades and non-traditional apprenticeships. Women comprise approximately 14% of Registered Apprenticeship Program participants despite making up half the labor force.

House Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT) and Education & Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA) wrote to Chavez-DeRemer demanding answers: “Whether or not a grant ‘effectuates’ DOL priorities is immaterial as DOL does not get to pick and choose which grant programs authorized and appropriated by Congress it wishes to carry out.”

More than 50 House Democratic women had written to Chavez-DeRemer in April 2025 urging her to preserve the Women’s Bureau and WANTO program; that letter received no formal response before the cancellations proceeded.

Partial reversal: On July 9, 2025, the DOL announced $5 million in new WANTO grants — down from $6 million the prior year — with revised criteria. This came after public pressure and amid proposals to eliminate the Women’s Bureau entirely in the FY2026 budget.

(Source: House Committee on Appropriations press release, May 2025; NW Labor Press, July 2025; Politico Pro, May 2025)

4. DOGE-Driven Workforce Reductions

Under Chavez-DeRemer’s tenure, the Department of Labor lost over 3,200 employees — approximately 22% of its total workforce — since Trump’s inauguration through January 2026. Approximately 2,000 employees departed through the Deferred Resignation Program introduced by DOGE.

Workforce reductions were not uniform. Agencies most affected were those performing functions at odds with the administration’s deregulatory agenda: the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) fell from 474 to 138 full-time employees by FY2026; the Women’s Bureau fell from 55 workers in 2024 to 21 in 2026; the Bureau of International Labor Affairs lost more than a third of its staff.

Chavez-DeRemer testified before a Senate subcommittee in May 2025 that “essential workers through OSHA, MSHA, and the Wage and Hour Division” were exempt from deferred resignation programs.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics also experienced staffing reductions that drew concern from economists, academics, and policymakers about the capacity to produce reliable employment data. Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following a jobs report containing large revisions; Chavez-DeRemer told Fox Business that supporting the president in that decision was “her job.”

(Source: Revolving Door Project; Bloomberg Law, 2026; DOL budget justifications; CNN Politics, April 2026)

5. Job Corps Closure Attempt (Court-Blocked)

On May 29, 2025, DOL issued notices terminating contracts with operators of 99 privately operated Job Corps centers nationwide — effectively shutting down the program for some 40,000 enrolled students. The action aligned with the administration’s FY2026 budget proposal to eliminate Job Corps entirely.

Federal courts blocked the closure at multiple levels:

• A D.C. District Court granted a preliminary injunction (stay under 5 U.S.C. § 705), finding the closure was “arbitrary and capricious,” exceeded DOL’s statutory authority, and was implemented “without observance of procedure required by law” under the APA. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act requires DOL to enter into agreements for the operation of each center; unilateral termination without congressional authorization was found to violate that requirement.
• A Southern District of New York court also issued a preliminary injunction. That injunction was later narrowed in scope following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. Casa, Inc., 145 S. Ct. 2540 (June 27, 2025), to cover the 31 centers operated by operator plaintiffs and 5 centers where Transport Communications Union/IAM provides training.

(Source: Memorandum Opinion, D.C. District Court, Job Corps student-enrollees v. DOL, CourtListener docket gov.uscourts.dcd.281747; SDNY order, CourtListener docket gov.uscourts.nysd.643663)

6. Deregulatory Agenda: 63 Actions

On July 1, 2025, Chavez-DeRemer announced the department’s “initial deregulatory efforts” — 63 specific deregulatory actions aimed at rolling back Biden-era rules. The announcement claimed this was “the most ambitious proposal to slash red tape of any department across the federal government.”

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) described the agenda as an “attack on all workers,” noting that included actions would:

• Eliminate minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of home health care and domestic workers under the FLSA
• Propose classifying caregivers as exempt from FLSA minimum wage and overtime protections
• Rescind Biden-era rules aimed at ending subminimum wages for workers with disabilities
• Rescind the right to collective action for seasonal H-2A visa agricultural workers
• Revise OSHA reporting thresholds, training mandates, and enforcement priorities
• Remove some OSHA regulations for migrant farmworkers
• Reduce OSHA safety standards in construction

(Source: DOL press release, July 1, 2025; CLASP press release, July 16, 2025)

7. Independent Contractor Rule Rollback (Proposed)

On February 26, 2026, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division published a proposed rule to rescind the Biden administration’s 2024 independent contractor classification rule. The proposed rule would replace the Biden rule’s six-factor balancing test with an analysis similar to the 2021 Trump-era standard, restoring two “core factors”: degree of employer control and worker opportunity for profit or loss.

Chavez-DeRemer stated: “The tens of millions of Americans who work as independent contractors are helping drive the Golden Age of the American economy. The department’s proposed rule seeks to protect these workers’ entrepreneurial spirit and simplify compliance for American job creators navigating a modern workplace.”

Critics argued the change would make it easier for companies to misclassify employees as independent contractors, depriving them of FLSA protections including minimum wage, overtime, and anti-retaliation rights. A 60-day public comment period closed on April 28, 2026.

(Source: DOL Wage and Hour Division press release, February 26, 2026; Transportation Topics, February 2026; Fox News op-ed by Chavez-DeRemer)

8. FY2026 Budget Proposal: 35% Cuts

Chavez-DeRemer testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on May 22, 2025, presenting the administration’s FY2026 budget proposal for the Department of Labor. Key elements:

• $4.6 billion (approximately 35%) reduction in total DOL funding
• Consolidation of workforce development programs
• Elimination of Job Corps
• Elimination of the Women’s Bureau (characterized in the proposal as “an ineffective policy office that is a relic of the past”)
• A 17% reduction in full-time equivalents

Democratic senators raised concerns about the implications for OSHA, MSHA, and Wage and Hour Division enforcement capacity. Chavez-DeRemer affirmed the importance of maintaining essential safety regulations for mining and other high-risk sectors.

(Source: National Law Review, May 2025, summarizing Senate testimony)

9. Misconduct Investigation and Resignation

In January 2026, the New York Post first reported that the Department of Labor’s Inspector General (Anthony D’Esposito, a former Republican congressman from New York confirmed as IG in December 2025) had opened an investigation into complaints of professional misconduct by Chavez-DeRemer and her closest aides.

As reported by the New York Times, AP, NPR, Reuters, and others, the investigation encompassed allegations that:

• Chavez-DeRemer used department resources for personal trips, with her chief of staff and deputy chief of staff allegedly concocting official travel itineraries to allow her to visit friends and family
• She was allegedly having an affair with a member of her security team (the individual subsequently resigned from the department)
• She allegedly drank alcohol on the job
• Her aides allegedly steered grants toward favored political operatives

Note: All misconduct allegations above are under active investigation; no findings have been publicly released by the Inspector General as of May 30, 2026, and no charges have been filed.

Staffing consequences of the investigation:

• Chief of Staff Jihun Han and Deputy Chief of Staff Rebecca Wright were placed on administrative leave in January 2026 and resigned in early March 2026
• Senior staff member Melissa Robey stated she was fired on approximately March 24, 2026, after giving a four-hour interview to the Office of the Inspector General; Robey issued a public statement about her termination on March 26, 2026
• The New York Times reported that Chavez-DeRemer’s husband, Shawn DeRemer, was barred from Department of Labor headquarters in Washington, D.C., after at least two staff members reported he had touched them inappropriately. Washington, D.C. police and federal prosecutors investigated and closed those investigations without bringing charges.

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the allegations “troubling” and sought internal records from the department.

Chavez-DeRemer’s lawyers stated she would cooperate with the investigation. She had been expected to be interviewed by the IG in the days following her April 20 resignation.

On April 20, 2026, Chavez-DeRemer resigned. In her exit statement, she blamed “high-ranked deep state actors” for coordinating with media to undermine her.

(Source: AP/Federal News Network, April 20, 2026; NPR, April 20, 2026; CNN Politics, April 20, 2026; New York Times [cited by AP/Reuters]; Reuters/Daily Record, April 21, 2026; DNYUZ, March 2, 2026; Berkshire Associates, 2026)

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Labor Policy Record

Congressional Record on Labor

During her one term in Congress (118th Congress, 2023–2025), Chavez-DeRemer was among the most labor-friendly Republicans in the House:

• PRO Act co-sponsorship: One of only three House Republicans to co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act — organized labor’s top priority legislation — which would have: banned mandatory anti-union meetings; imposed fines on employers who fire workers for unionizing; banned permanent strike replacements; required binding arbitration for first contracts; recognized card-check majority sign-up; ended right-to-work state exemptions from mandatory union dues; ended bans on sympathy strikes; narrowed independent contractor exemptions; and made franchisers jointly liable for labor violations.
• Supported by building trades and transportation unions during her congressional career

DOL Policy Positions as Secretary

Despite her prior pro-union reputation, her tenure as Secretary was characterized by policy positions largely in line with the broader Trump deregulatory agenda:

Worker protections rolled back or proposed for rollback:

• Biden-era independent contractor classification rule (proposed rescission, February 2026)
• Minimum wage and overtime protections for domestic and home health care workers (deregulatory agenda, July 2025)
• Subminimum wage ban for workers with disabilities (proposed rescission)
• H-2A agricultural worker collective action rights (proposed rescission)
• OSHA construction safety standards (proposed revision/elimination)
• OSHA regulations for migrant farmworkers (proposed removal)

Programs eliminated or proposed for elimination:

• ILAB anti-child-labor and anti-trafficking grant programs ($500M, terminated March 2025)
• WANTO women’s apprenticeship grants (cancelled May 2025; partially relaunched July 2025 at reduced funding)
• Job Corps (attempted closure blocked by courts, May 2025; full elimination proposed in FY2026 budget)
• Women’s Bureau (elimination proposed in FY2026 budget)
• OFCCP affirmative action functions (staffing cut by 71%)

Budget priorities:

• Proposed 35% ($4.6 billion) DOL funding reduction for FY2026
• Supported shifting DOL enforcement resources from federal enforcement to “compliance” activities in FY2027 budget request — a policy characterized by critics as reducing accountability for wage theft and safety violations

Enforcement posture:

• The FY2027 DOL budget request stated the department would “shift resources from Federal Enforcement activities to Federal Compliance activities” — a framing that drew criticism from labor advocates who characterized it as reducing accountability for employer wage violations and safety infractions.

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Investigative Trails

Researchers and journalists investigating Chavez-DeRemer’s tenure should focus on:

1. DOL Inspector General investigation: The IG (Anthony D’Esposito) investigation was ongoing at the time of her resignation and a final report was expected by mid-June 2026. FOIA requests for IG communications and findings; congressional testimony requests from former aides Han, Wright, and Robey.

1. ILAB grant terminations litigation: American Center for International Labor Solidarity v. Chavez-DeRemer — court records via PACER or CourtListener. Track whether the grant terminations withstand legal challenge and how they affected USMCA compliance monitoring.

1. Job Corps litigation: Multiple consolidated cases; D.C. District Court docket gov.uscourts.dcd.281747; SDNY docket gov.uscourts.nysd.643663. Monitor whether closures eventually proceed or are permanently enjoined.

1. WANTO grant cancellation: Congressional oversight record, including DeLauro/Scott letters and any DOL responses. Assess whether the July 2025 relaunch at reduced funding materially replaced cancelled programs.

1. Deregulatory agenda — Federal Register: 63 deregulatory actions were announced July 1, 2025. Monitor Federal Register for published proposed rules, public comment records, and finalized rules. Key OSHA rollbacks and FLSA exemption changes warrant tracking.

1. BLS staffing and data integrity: Congressional inquiries into whether DOL workforce reductions — particularly at the Bureau of Labor Statistics — compromised the reliability or independence of federal employment statistics.

1. OFCCP — impounded funds: OMB withheld approximately $57 million of OFCCP’s annual budget until Q4 FY2026. Track whether funds were ultimately spent or lapsed.

1. Grant-steering allegations: IG investigation reportedly examined whether grants were “improperly directed” toward politically connected recipients. If the IG report is published, review for documented instances.

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Sources

Official Records

• U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote, 119th Congress, 1st Session, No. 111 (March 10, 2025). senate.gov
• U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives — CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Lori. history.house.gov
• U.S. Department of Labor press release: “Secretary Chavez-DeRemer unveils aggressive deregulatory efforts” (July 1, 2025). dol.gov
• U.S. Department of Labor press release: “US Department of Labor proposes rule clarifying employee, independent contractor status” (February 26, 2026). dol.gov
• Court opinion, D.C. District Court, Job Corps student-enrollees v. DOL (Memorandum Opinion granting preliminary injunction). CourtListener docket gov.uscourts.dcd.281747.
• SDNY court order, National Job Corps Ass’n v. DOL, 25-cv-4641, narrowing injunction scope per Trump v. Casa, Inc., 145 S. Ct. 2540 (June 27, 2025). CourtListener docket gov.uscourts.nysd.643663.

Credibly Reported — Multiple Outlets

• AP / Federal News Network: “Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump’s Cabinet after abuse of power allegations” (April 20, 2026). federalnewsnetwork.com
• NPR: “Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer out amid misconduct investigation” (April 20, 2026). npr.org
• CNN Politics: “Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary” (April 20, 2026). edition.cnn.com
• Reuters / Daily Record: “Chavez-DeRemer steps down as US labor secretary amid misconduct probe” (April 21, 2026). thedailyrecord.com
• New York Times (via DNYUZ): “Labor Secretary Is a Rare Presence at Department in Turmoil” (March 2, 2026). dnyuz.com
• Bloomberg Law: “Gutted Labor Department Offices Spark Fears of Unspent Funds” (2026). bloomberg law

Confirmation Process

• Ballotpedia: “Confirmation process for Lori Chavez-DeRemer for secretary of labor.” ballotpedia.org
• Engineering News-Record: “Chavez-DeRemer Confirmed as Labor Secretary With Bipartisan Support” (March 2025). enr.com
• Roll Call: “Labor nominee Chavez-DeRemer backs away from pro-union bill” (February 19, 2025). rollcall.com
• Fox News: “Trump’s nominee for Labor secretary walks back support for PRO Act, embraces Republican Right-to-Work laws” (February 2025). foxnews.com
• Thomson Reuters Tax: “Chavez-DeRemer Distances from PRO Act, Calls for Labor Law Modernization During Labor Secretary Senate Hearing” (February 2025). tax.thomsonreuters.com

Labor Policy Record

• NW Labor Press: “Chavez-DeRemer walks back support for PRO Act” (March 2025). nwlaborpress.org
• NW Labor Press: “Labor secretary slashes solidarity grants” (April 2025). nwlaborpress.org
• NW Labor Press: “Chavez-DeRemer reboots women apprentice program” (July 2025). nwlaborpress.org
• Economic Policy Institute: “Department of Labor terminates grants that fight international human trafficking, promote labor rights” (2025). epi.org
• Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP): “The Department of Labor’s Deregulatory Agenda Attacks All Workers” (July 16, 2025). clasp.org
• National Law Review: “Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Outlines DOL Budget, Priorities” (May 2025). natlawreview.com
• House Appropriations Committee (Democratic minority): “Ranking Members DeLauro, Scott Demand Answers After DOL Cancelled Women’s Apprenticeship Programs Grants” (May 2025). democrats-appropriations.house.gov
• Berkshire Associates: “DOL Leadership Changes, What’s Next?” (2026). berkshireassociates.com
• Revolving Door Project: “There’s No Such Thing as a Reasonable Trump Appointee” (2025/2026). therevolvingdoorproject.org

Congressional Record

• GovTrack.us — Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer [R-OR5, 2023-2024]. govtrack.us
• Center for Effective Lawmaking: “Highlights from the New 118th Congress Legislative Effectiveness Scores” (March 27, 2025). thelawmakers.org
• Ballotpedia: “Lori Chavez-DeRemer.” ballotpedia.org

Biography

• Wikipedia: “Lori Chavez-DeRemer.” wikipedia.org
• BBN Times: “Everything You Need to Know About Lori Chavez-DeRemer: Ethnicity, Net Worth, Religion, Husband, and Political Career.” bbntimes.com