Fast-food chief executive Andrew Puzder’s nomination to lead theU.S. Labor Department is inching forward amidopposition from U.S. Senate Democrats and employee advocates whocontend his confirmation would imperil Obama administrationregulations.

Puzder, chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, is set to appear Feb. 2 in the U.S. SenateCommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Committeechairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, on Monday called Puzder “a respected Tennesseebusiness leader who understands how excessive regulation candestroy jobs.”

DOL nominee Andrew Puzder. (Photo: AP)

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