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Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., is on a brief record of contenders being thought-about for the nomination of Labor Secretary below President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration.
Williams, who represents central New York, was seen as one of the crucial weak House Republican incumbents this election cycle as a result of state Democratic leaders redrew his district to make it extra favorable to their party. He was defeated by Democratic state Sen. John Mannion final week, however a supply near the president-elect’s transition staff confirmed to Fox News Digital that Williams is now into account to hitch Trump’s Cabinet.
“Brandon Williams was an distinctive member of congress who jumped into the race two years in the past to problem John Katko after he voted to question President Trump,” the supply informed Fox News Digital. “He’s a Navy veteran who served as an officer on a nuclear submarine, is a businessman and tech entrepreneur, was a political outsider, and can advance President Trump’s mission.”
Citing sources, the New York Post was first to report about Williams’ consideration for Labor secretary, revealing he’s on the “brief model of the brief record” and high-level conversations had been occurring on the matter Friday, days after the election.
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Williams serves on three House committees: Transportation and Infrastructure; Science, Space, and Technology; and Education and the Workforce. He can be a member of a number of caucuses, together with the Republican Main Street Caucus, which focuses on “implementing pro-growth insurance policies for small enterprise house owners, fostering financial and particular person prosperity, and delivering actual outcomes for the American folks,” based on its web site.
Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., speaks throughout a listening to with subcommittee members of the House Education and the Workforce committee within the Rayburn House Office Building on May 8, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Politico had reported on Tuesday that Williams is amongst names being “floated” for a place within the Trump administration, however the outlet didn’t specify Tuesday what that government department job could possibly be.
Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., listens at a listening to known as “Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos” earlier than the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 23, 2024. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)
Politico reported two different attainable contenders for Labor secretary: Patrick Pizzella, a former U.S. deputy Labor secretary, and Bryan Slater, the state Labor secretary below Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Trump has already chosen two high-profile New Yorkers to hitch his Cabinet.
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House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, who was elected to a sixth time period final week, will likely be pulled from Congress to turn into the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Lee Zeldin, a former Republican congressman who practically ousted Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in a aggressive, however unsuccessful, 2022 bid to run the Empire State, has been campaigning on behalf of Trump and was chosen to hitch the cupboard as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
