Congressional Black Caucus Statement on Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:

"Amid reports of misconduct, another Trump cabinet secretary is out. Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer was unqualified to lead our nation's Labor Department, and by many measures, led the agency in the wrong direction.

"Before taking office, Donald Trump promised to prioritize and protect American workers, but that was unsurprisingly untrue. Instead, the Department of Labor under Secretary Chavez-DeRemer's leadership, has carried out President Trump's anti-labor policies - rolling back workplace discrimination enforcement, reducing workers' wages, dismantling programs and benefits for working families, and attacking workers' union and collective bargaining rights. These actions are not at all in the interest of hard-working American families.

"Particularly alarming is the persistent disparity in unemployment rates for Black workers, which has remained consistently higher than the national average. Rather than addressing these inequities with meaningful policy solutions, the Trump Administration has weakened the very protections and programs designed to close those gaps.

"Secretary Chavez-DeRemer's departure couldn't have come sooner."