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U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Coverage of U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the Nexus archive.
- Labor nominee defends transfer of programs to agency from Education Department
Keith Sonderling, acting U.S. secretary of Labor, defended the agency's role in transferring programs from the Education Department as part of the Trump administration's plan to dismantle it. Senate Democrats, including Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., criticized the move, questioning why the Labor Department is overseeing education programs.