(The Center Square) - Keith Sonderling, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, vowed Thursday to stamp out workforce fraud, more efficiently spend education dollars and improve the department's use of artificial intelligence.
Sonderling testified before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as he seeks the secretary post after Lori Chavez-DeRemer stepped down following accusations of an improper relationship with a subordinate.
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