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By Arul Louis
New York– A day after US President Joe Biden joked that Indian-Americans were taking over the US, he appointed two of them as special assistants for advising him on domestic policies.
The White House on Friday released the announcement by Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appointing Chiraag Bains and Pronita Gupta to those positions on the Domestic Policy Council. Both of them had served in the administration of former President Barack Obama, when Biden was the Vice President.
Bains will deal with criminal justice while Gupta will deal with labour and workers.
The duo joins more than 20 Indian-Americans who have been appointed by Biden to senior positions in his administration. They will not require Senate confirmation as they will be on the President’s staff.
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.