The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 18-4 to advance President Joe Biden‘s nomination of Marty Walshto be U.S. secretary …
Biden's Labor Department Pick Marty Walsh Strikes Unifier Stance
Marty Walsh pledged to partner with Democrats to advance a robust worker advocacy agenda while also expressing an openness to collaborating with Republicans and respecting employer concerns. A few of the committee’s Republicans tried to knock Walsh on Biden administration policies and priorities that they felt would hurt the economy; but, overall, GOP members appeared pleased with the nominee’s efforts to work across the aisle despite their differences on union advocacy and regulation.

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The confirmation hearing for labor secretary nominee Marty Walsh, notable for its lack of partisan sniping, validated the Boston mayor’s bipartisan …
Labor secretary nominee Marty Walsh presented himself as a unifier during his Senate confirmation hearing, pledging to partner with Democrats to …