Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Dept. of Labor, faced some pointed questions from Republican senators but was praised by Democrats at his confirmation hearing. He seems to be on the road to Senate approval.

In his Feb. 4 appearance before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Walsh, a long-time member of the Laborers' International Union of North America and a former president of a LIUNA Boston local, hewed closely to Biden’s views on a range of labor issues.