The full Senate voted 53-44 Thursday to confirm Eugene Scalia to be the new Labor secretary.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., along with Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, held a 10:15 a.m. media briefing to discuss what they said was Scalia’s “disturbing, anti-worker track record and to voice strong opposition” to his nomination.
Scalia told Senate HELP Committee members on Sept. 19 that if confirmed, he’d seek advice from Labor’s in-house ethics staff on whether he should participate in crafting a new Labor Department fiduciary rule that aligns with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Best Interest.