U.S Rep Rosa DeLauro will keep her position as it not heading for President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet.
DeLauro, who sits on the Appropriations Committee that funds the U.S. Department of Labor, was being considered to lead the department and flew to Chicago, where she met with Obama for 45 minutes.
“I am honored to have been considered by President-elect Obama for Secretary of Labor. I did not seek this position, as my passion is the work I do for people in Connecticut and the changes I can bring in the U.S. Congress,” DeLauro said in a news release.
“We had a very serious conversation about restoring protections for employees, the economic crisis and events impacting women. It further affirmed the importance of him succeeding to bring the change the country needs,” she said.
Obama has chosen Congresswoman Hilda Solis to run the department.
“She will do an excellent job in a department where change is sorely needed,” DeLauro said.
