Nomination of Doug Parker for Assistant Secretary of Labor

Oct. 25, 2021

The AFL-CIO supported the confirmation of Doug Parker to serve as assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the Department of Labor. Parker is the ideal candidate to lead OSHA, the agency charged with enforcing federal statutes that aim to ensure worker safety and health. Parker’s years of experience advocating for and protecting workers make him uniquely qualified to lead this agency and ensure that it enforces standards for new and emerging hazards and reaches targeted populations who are particularly vulnerable to dangerous working conditions. The Senate confirmed Parker’s nomination on Oct. 25, 2021.

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Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 50
NAYs: 41

Legislator State Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jacky Rosen
NV
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Hickenlooper
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Alex Padilla
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jon Ossoff
GA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat Yes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat Yes