Senate HELP Subcommittee assignments The Senate has yet to set the final vote on Marty Walsh’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Labor. On Friday, March 5, the White House announced the following appointments: Pronita Gupta joins the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Labor and Workers. She more recently served as director of job quality for the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Prior to joining CLASP, she served as the deputy director of the Women’s Bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor under former President Barack Obama. Seth Harris joins the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Labor and Economy. He previously served as the Biden-Harris campaign’s principal labor policy advisor and a member of the Labor Department transition team. Seth was Acting Secretary of Labor and Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2014 and served for six and one-half years in the Labor Department during the Clinton Administration.