Trump looks to close 105-year-old department that supports women workers despite insinuating it would stay [View all]
Source: The Independent
Friday 06 June 2025 21:36 BST
The Department of Labor said it would “eliminate” the Women’s Bureau, a century-old department that focuses on advocating for economic equality and safe working environments for women, despite the Labor Secretary acknowledging only Congress can do so.
When pressed with questions about the Department of Government Efficiency cutting grants administered by the Women’s Bureau at a House Appropriations Committee meeting on May 15, Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer responded by emphasizing its history. “Statutorily, the Women’s Bureau is in statute,” Chavez-DeRemer said in response to Representative Rosa DeLauro’s concerns.
While Chavez-DeRemer’s comment stopped short of a promise and she did not elaborate on the future of Women’s Bureau, her comment may have insinuated the 105-year-old department was here to stay.
Yet the Department of Labor’s 2026 fiscal year budget in brief anticipates eliminating the Women’s Bureau, calling it a “relic of the past” and “an ineffective policy.”
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