What You Need to Know
- Lisa Gomez's nomination to lead EBSA now moves to the full Senate.
- Gomez is likely to receive a bipartisan Senate confirmation by year-end, according to a former EBSA head.
- She would play a crucial role in revising Labor's fiduciary rule.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved by a 12-10 vote Thursday the nomination of Lisa Gomez to head the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, the agency overseeing retirement plan rules.
Her nomination now moves to the full Senate.
In late July, President Joe Biden nominated Gomez, a partner at Cowen Weiss and Simon in New York, to head EBSA.