Labor nominee defends transfer of programs to agency from Education Department

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 16, 2026

Words: 780

Last Updated: 5 days, 4 hours ago

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department on Thursday defended the agency’s major role in a broader drive by the administration to dismantle the Education Department.

Grilled by U.S. Senate Democrats, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling stood behind the multiple interagency agreements, or IAAs, Education has so far signed with Labor, likening his agency’s functions in the transfer to a “firm that’s just consulting and helping them move these programs’ money, …

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