WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today-at a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) hearing (https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nomination-of-keith-sonderling-to-be-secretary-of-labor) to consider Keith Sonderling's nomination to be Secretary of Labor-U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), delivered the following opening remarks on the Department of Labor's mission to support and protect workers, and how Sonderling's record at the Department of Labor makes him grossly unqualified for the job.
Senator Murray's remarks, as delivered, are below:
"Thank you, Chair Cassid...