A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Labor, one of the agencies named in lawsuits over moves by Elon Musk's cost-cutting team to access federal data systems.

The mission of the Department of Labor is to "foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage-earners, job-seekers and retirees of the United States,

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday advanced the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to become the Trump administration Labor secretary on a 14-9 vote. Three Democrats voted for her.

WASHINGTON DC- Secretary of Labor nominee Lori M. Chavez-DeRemer, a republican who previously represented Oregon's fifth congressional district is currently sitting in front of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Vermont Business Magazine Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today delivered an opening statement at the committee’s hearing on the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Secretary of Labor.

With Democratic support, former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer cleared a key hurdle Thursday morning in her quest to become the nation’s next secretary of labor.

The full Senate will vote on her confirmation in the coming weeks. WATCH: Chavez-DeRemer Confirmation Hearing: Three Democratic senators, Maggie Hassan, John Hickenlooper, and Tim Kaine, joined ten Republicans in voting in favor of Chavez-DeRemer.

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.