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Labor/Employment,
Administrative/Regulatory

Jul. 14, 2021

Labor secretary confirmed by Senate faced stiff opposition

The 50-47 vote confirming Julie A. Su as the next deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor follows a heated congressional hearing in March, when members of a U.S. Senate committee grilled her about the massive fraud that hit the state’s Employment Development Department last year.

In a 50-47 vote Tuesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Julie A. Su as the next deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor.

The confirmation follows a heated congressional hearing in March, when members of a U.S. Senate committee grilled Su, California’s labor secretary, about the massive fraud that hit the state’s Employment Development Department during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the hearing, Re...

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