Biden Labor Nominee Julie Su Advanced by Senate Panel

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana lamented that no committee hearing was held on the controversial nominee before the vote.

Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of the Labor Department in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 20, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), was advanced by a Senate committee with a vote of 11-10 on Feb. 27. All GOP Committee members voted against her nomination.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led by Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), took up Ms. Su’s nomination for the second time in a closed-door committee after she failed to make it to the Senate floor during her last nomination.