02/19/2025 at 10:00AM
Full committee hearing, originally scheduled for February 12.
Nominee:
- Lori M. Chavez-DeRemer, Happy Valley, OR
“I’m a hard ‘no’ on her. She didn’t bow out of this job when she found out Trump was going to force her to act illegally.” - Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
“I’m not supporting nominees as long as the lawlessness continues.” - Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.)
Ranking member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., both said they’ll wait for the hearing before commenting.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said she’s not ruling out a yes vote just yet: “I’ll give her a fair shake.” Asked about Democrats souring on all Trump nominations as he steamrolls over Congress, she said: “There are folks with sentiment. I try to view each nominee through the lens of whether they will help or hurt Wisconsin.”
“We need a majority. We need somebody else to vote if Rand’s going to vote negative … Rand is a chair of the right-to-work caucus. So once he establishes something, it’s hard to move him off.” HELP Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
Reporting from Semafor’s Burgess Everett