April 9, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 61 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Cheryl Marie Stanton

  Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I come to the floor this afternoon to speak 
in support of my friend Cheryl Marie Stanton, who is well qualified to 
be the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. 
Department of Labor. In her previous role as executive director for the 
South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, she gained 
valuable experience that will prepare her well for the role she is 
about to take on within the U.S. Department of Labor. She is also 
someone who has vast experience in labor and employment law, both in 
public life and in the private sector. She also served as Associate 
White House Counsel, as liaison to the Department of Labor.
  Cheryl currently works at the Social Security Administration as 
associate to the Chief of Staff. She previously served as the executive 
director for the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, 
to which she was appointed by then-Governor Nikki Haley in 2013.
  Cheryl is someone I have known for more than 20 years. Like me, 
Cheryl served as a law clerk to then-Judge Samuel Alito on the U.S. 
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Although we never clerked at 
the same time--she clerked the year before, and I got to know her 
through mutual friends initially and then got to know her independently 
through that clerkship experience--she is someone who is well regarded 
within the Alito chambers as being a hard-working law clerk and someone 
who everyone enjoyed working with and getting to know.
  I still remember many years ago, when she was serving at the White 
House Counsel's Office as Associate Counsel, she took my family and me 
on a tour of the White House and showed genuine interest in them. This 
is the kind of person who comes with a lot of academic and professional 
qualifications. When you add to that this X factor, this intangible 
factor of being someone who is genuinely interested in people, 
genuinely interested in their well-being, their welfare, and making 
sure they are informed and happy, this is exactly the kind of person we 
would want in a position like this one.
  Her academic credentials are, of course, impeccable. She received her 
law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and her 
undergraduate degree from Williams College.
  In short, Cheryl Stanton is someone I look forward to voting for and 
confirming to this position within the Department of Labor. I urge my 
colleagues to support her nomination.
  Thank you.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.
  Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up 
to 10 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.