Schumer Statement on Reports of Republican Opposition to Puzder

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today released the below statement following reports of Republican resistance to Andrew Puzder as Labor Secretary:

“No matter how you cut it, there is no worse pick for Labor Secretary than Andrew Puzder, and I’m encouraged my Republican colleagues are starting to agree. He does not belong anywhere near the Labor Department, let alone at the head of it. Puzder’s disdain for the American worker, the very people he would be responsible for protecting, is second to none. President Trump should immediately withdraw this nomination and nominate a champion of worker’s rights.”