Senator Murray: “As we continue building on that progress and working to tackle rising costs, it is critical we ensure no one is losing opportunities or hard-earned wages to discrimination, harassment, wage theft, or otherwise being cheated by their employer. That is why the Committee should move quickly to advance these important nominees to the EEOC and the Wage and Hour Division.”
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing to consider the nominations of Karla Gilbride to be General Counsel of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the Department of Labor. U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the HELP Committee, offered her strong support for Gilbride and Looman’s respective nominations and made clear she will be pushing to get them confirmed as soon as possible to protect workers from discrimination, ensure they receive every cent of the paychecks they are owed, and continue building a stronger, fairer economy that works for everyone.
“We have made real progress to recover from the economic crisis this pandemic caused and get people back to work. We have added 9.7 million jobs since President Biden took office—a record pace of job growth,” said Senator Murray in a statement for the record. “But it is critical we build on that historic jobs recovery by continuing to push for a stronger, fairer economy that works for...
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