If nominated and confirmed, Julie Su would be the first Asian American to serve as a Cabinet secretary in the Biden administration.
in mid-March to take a job as executive director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association.
"Deputy Secretary Su is a strong woman of color who is eminently qualified to take on the responsibility as U.S. Secretary of Labor and would deliver results for American workers and your administration immediately upon her confirmation," the lawmakers wrote. "Her voice and perspective would be invaluable to the Administration, especially as there is no Secretary-level Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander official currently serving in your Cabinet."Congressional Democrats, however, have not coalesced behind Su. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has been making calls on behalf of former New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney for labor secretary.
Friday’s letter pushing for Su’s nomination is not the first time the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus has pressed Biden on Cabinet secretary positions. In December 2020, the caucus said that Biden's administration was shaping up to be"the first time in over two decades" that there wouldn't be an AAPI Cabinet secretary."Let us be clear: that outcome is unacceptable," the caucus said in a statement at the time.
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