The Senate confirmation vote Monday for President Donald Trump’s labor secretary pick, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is coming along with a reintroduction of the Senate’s bipartisan Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act.
The bill, first introduced in 2023 by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., seeks to bar companies from federal funding if they are violating child safety laws.
“Companies that illegally employ children should not be rewarded with lucrative federal government contracts that make corporations millions,” Hawley, who raised the issue in Chavez-DeRemer’s Senate confirmation hearing, wrote in a statement. “This bipartisan legislation would hold companies accountable for engaging in child labor exploitation and rightfully ensure offenders face consequences.”
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