Dems decry DOL 'retreat' from protecting disabled workers

Sixty congressional Democrats, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, blasted the Trump administration over what they call a "coordinated assault" on workplace protections for people with disabilities in a letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

"The disability community deserves leadership that expands employment opportunities," the lawmakers wrote in the letter dated Tuesday. "But your actions as Secretary of Labor represent the most significant retreat from opportunities for workers with disabilities and federal disability rights enforcement in decades."

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