WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican representative from Oregon with a pro-union record, to lead the Labor Department.

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department easily cleared Senate committee vetting in a bipartisan vote on Thursday and will head to the upper chamber for final confirmation, likely next week.

The U.S. Senate voted 67-32 Monday to confirm former Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Her appointment earned bipartisan support. Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement Monday that she was “deeply honored” to be confirmed.