According to a report in Politico, an aide to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R. Tenn.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, has revealed that the confirmation hearing for Andrew Puzder, President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Labor, will be held on January 12. Puzder is Chief

United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has announced that the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) committee, which he chairs, will hold a hearing on Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder’s nomination in January when the 115th Congress convenes. Senator Alexander has praised Mr. Puzder’s “understanding of how excessive regulation can destroy jobs