SCOOP: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer celebrates latest milestone in her "America at Work" road trip

THE LOWDOWN:

• Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the Secretary of Labor, has a mission this year: visit all 50 states. And she is well on her way.

• This mission includes hearing from hardworking Americans about what they want to see from the Trump administration. She is the only Cabinet secretary to make this a first-year goal.

• Chavez-DeRemer’s tour kicked off in April, and the Labor Secretary has used it to help pitch voters on the importance of the One Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB), the signature domestic policy of both President Donald Trump and of her former colleagues in Congress.

• As part of her tour, Chavez-DeRemer is meeting with core constituencies of the Trump coalition, including manufacturers, Teamsters, miners, and more.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the Secretary of Labor, has a mission this year: visit all 50 states.

This mission includes hearing from hardworking Americans about what they want to see from the Trump administration.

Even more impressive is that Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican congresswoman from Oregon, is the only Cabinet secretary who’s made this a goal of theirs for the first year.

Chavez-DeRemer’s tour kicked off in April, and the Labor Secretary has used it to help pitch voters on the importance of the One Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB), the signature domestic policy of both President Donald Trump and of her former colleagues in Congress.

Twin pillars of her trip include emphasizing the much-needed tax relief and igniting a blue-collar boom that Republicans aim to spur with the OBBB, legislation that was opposed by every Democrat in Congress.

This week, Chavez-DeRemer hit her latest milestone when she crossed the halfway mark of her tour. President Trump’s Labor Secretary told the Washington Reporter what she’s learned thus far.

“In just over four months, I’ve already traveled to more than half the country, and everywhere I go the message is the same: Americans are ready to work and eager to be part of President Trump’s new Golden Age of prosperity,” Chavez-DeRemer told the Reporter.

“Whether it’s celebrating new apprentices in Idaho or talking with shrimpers in Louisiana, workers are energized by the President’s pro-growth, pro-worker agenda that’s putting more money back into their pockets,” she continued. “As I continue my America at Work tour across all 50 states, my focus is making sure every American has a fair shot at the American Dream.”

As part of her tour, Chavez-DeRemer is meeting with core constituencies of the Trump coalition, including manufacturers, Teamsters, miners, and more.

While Congress deliberated the OBBB, Chavez-DeRemer hit the factory floor running, visiting seven states in nine days.

That swing included visits with Montana outdoorsmen, a community college in New Mexico, law enforcement officers in Kansas, shrimpers in Louisiana, and more.

Each of those visits helped to promote aspects of the OBBB, specifically the no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and the permanent extension of the Trump tax cuts.

Chavez-DeRemer’s America at Work tour has also seen her meet with Teamsters health care workers in Chicago and quartz manufacturers in Minnesota. She spoke with those groups about the economic successes of Trump’s first 200 days.

Her tour also included more exotic sites, including a visit to a Louisiana alligator farm, where she met with independent contractors.