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Eugene Scalia

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Eugene Scalia

Secretary, US Department of Labor
Eugene Scalia

Eugene Scalia is the Secretary of Labor and oversees the enforcement and administration of more than 180 federal employment laws covering more than 150 million workers and 10 million workplaces. He also chairs the board of directors of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and is on the board of trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund. Secretary Scalia's priorities include enhancing employment opportunities for Americans by supporting economic growth through reductions in unnecessary regulatory burdens, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department's enforcement programs, and bolstering worker training through apprenticeships and other business-driven programs that emphasize performance and accountability. In addition to serving on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Scalia guides the Labor Department in overseeing the new federal programs intended to help workers and their families respond to COVID-19. Secretary Scalia graduated from the University of Virginia, and attended the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife Trish have seven children. He is the son of Maureen and Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court Justice.