唐纳德·特朗普总统周二正式提名长期律师尤金·斯卡利亚为其政府的下一任劳工部长。
特朗普在7月提出斯卡利亚的提名，几天前，前劳工部长亚历山大·阿科斯塔因处理对已故亿万富翁杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的佛罗里达卖淫指控而遭到越来越多的公众批评而辞职。爱泼斯坦于8月10日因性交易指控被关押在曼哈顿大都会惩教中心期间自杀。
斯卡利亚，已故最高法院大法官安东宁·斯卡利亚的儿子，目前在吉布森、邓恩和克鲁彻·LLP公司担任劳工律师和合伙人。他曾在乔治·布什政府时期担任劳工部的法律官员，2001年在乔治·布什政府时期担任高级执法官员时，曾担任司法部长威廉·巴尔的特别助理。
“我很高兴地宣布，我打算提名吉恩·斯卡利亚为新的劳工部长。吉恩在法律和劳工领域过着非常成功的生活，不仅作为一名律师，而且作为一名拥有与劳工和其他所有人共事的丰富经验的律师，他受到高度尊重，”特朗普说推特上个月。“他将是一个在头两年里做得比历史上任何政府都多的政府的伟大成员！”
白宫在一份声明中称，斯卡利亚“是一名著名的劳工、就业和监管律师”声明星期二。斯卡利亚是美国行政会议的高级研究员。美国行政会议是一个联邦机构，就如何改进机构程序向国会和行政部门提出建议
2019年7月29日，在DC华盛顿白宫玫瑰园举行的仪式上，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在签署《人力资源1327法案》前发表讲话，该法案旨在永久批准9月11日受害者赔偿基金。特朗普周二正式提名尤金·斯卡利亚为劳工部长。
民主党人和工会预计会反对斯卡利亚的提名，因为他有在劳资纠纷中为公司工作的历史。然而，他的确认很可能会通过共和党控制的参议院。据报道，华盛顿夏季休会后，斯卡利亚将在参议院卫生、教育、劳工和养老金委员会接受确认听证会小山。他的提名必须在到达参议院之前得到委员会的确认。
斯卡利亚以优异的成绩毕业于弗吉尼亚大学，获得了本科学位。据白宫消息，他后来获得了芝加哥大学法学院的法律学位，以优异成绩毕业，并担任芝加哥大学法律评论的主编。
完成学业后，斯卡利亚在芝加哥大学法学院担任劳动和就业法讲师，并在哥伦比亚特区大学大卫·克拉克法学院担任兼职教授。
TRUMP OFFICIALLY NOMINATES SUPREME COURT JUSTICE'S SON EUGENE SCALIA FOR LABOR SECRETARY
President Donald Trump on Tuesday officially nominated longtime lawyer Eugene Scalia to be his administration's next Secretary of Labor.
Trump floated Scalia's nomination in July, days after former labor secretary Alexander Acosta resigned amid increased public criticism over his handling of Florida prostitution charges against the late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein took his own life on August 10 during his incarceration at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center for sex-trafficking charges.
Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, is currently working as a labor lawyer and partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He has previously served as legal officer for the Department of Labor under the George W. Bush administration, as well as Attorney General William Barr's special assistant in 2001 when he was a top law enforcement officer during the George H.W. Bush administration.
"I am pleased to announce that it is my intention to nominate Gene Scalia as the new Secretary of Labor. Gene has led a life of great success in the legal and labor field and is highly respected not only as a lawyer, but as a lawyer with great experience working with labor and everyone else," Trump tweeted last month. "He will be a great member of an Administration that has done more in the first 2 ½ years than perhaps any Administration in history!"
Scalia "is a renowned labor, employment, and regulatory lawyer," the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. "Scalia is a senior fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States, a Federal agency that makes recommendations to Congress and the Executive branch on ways to improve agency procedures."
US President Donald Trump speaks prior to signing HR 1327, an act to permanently authorize the September 11th victim compensation fund, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, July 29, 2019. Trump on Tuesday officially nominated Eugene Scalia for secretary of Labor.
Democrats and labor unions are expected to oppose Scalia's nomination due to his history of working for corporations in labor disputes. However, his confirmation will likely go through the Republican-controlled Senate. After the summer recess in Washington D.C., Scalia will undergo a confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, according to The Hill. His nomination must be confirmed by the committee before it reaches the Senate floor.
Scalia graduated with an undergraduate degree, with distinction, from the University of Virginia. He later received a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, graduating cum laude and serving as editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review, according to the White House.
After his studies, Scalia served as a lecturer in labor and employment law at the University of Chicago Law School and as an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.
