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Lori Chavez DeRemer

Nominee for Secretary of Labor

U.S. Representative from Oregon

Updated: December 12, 2024

—Introduced the Recover Pride in Service Act, legislation aimed at automatically upgrading the dishonorable discharges of military members who were discharged due to their sexual orientation. This bill seeks to rectify past injustices related to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

—Campaigned for the state legislature as pro-LGBTQ

—Co-sponsored a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” backed by anti-LGBTQ groups that requires schools to consult with parents before allowing students to use different names or pronouns at school.

—Voted for bills to ban transgender girls from playing girls’ sports and prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from providing hormone therapy to transgender veterans or flying Pride flags.

—Co-sponsored with House Resolution 734, a bill to prohibit schools from allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports.

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