Elizabeth Schoff Watson (born December 9, 1975) is an American labor attorney, former executive director of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center, and the current Assistant Secretary of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of Labor. Watson was the Democratic nominee for the 2018 U.S. House of Representatives election in Indiana's 9th congressional district. Early life and education Watson was born in Bloomington, Indiana. She attended Bloomington High School South before earning degrees from Carleton College and Georgetown University Law Center. One of Watson's first jobs was as an intern in the district office of Congressman Frank McCloskey. Career Watson began her legal career as a Skadden Public Interest Law Fellow in New York City's Welfare Law Center, representing participants in the city's workfare program and educating women about their rights under labor and employment laws. Watson briefly worked as an employment attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe before joining the staff of the Workplace Flexibility 2010 project at Georgetown Law School, where she developed policies to help low-wage workers better balance work and family responsibilities. She was then promoted to executive director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy, where she led a group proposing a broader set of public policy initiatives to address the needs of low-income workers. At the National Women's Law Center, Watson was director of Workplace Justice for Women and Senior Counsel, and authored publications such as "It Shouldn’t Be A Heavy Lift: Fair Treatment for Pregnant Workers" and "50 Years & Counting: The Unfinished Business of Achieving Fair Pay". From 2015 to 2017, she served as the labor policy director and chief labor counsel for House Democrats in the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the United States House of Representatives. In 2017, Watson returned to Bloomington and began teaching constitutional law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law while running for Congress. The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center (CPCC) named her its executive director in 2019. Biden administration On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Watson to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of Labor. Watson's initial nomination expired at the end of the year, and was sent back to President Biden on January 3, 2022. President Biden renominated Watson the following day. Her nomination was confirmed on May 18, 2022. 2018 House of