Tom Perez
The Public Record
Well, it was the same old distracting divisive Donald Trump. It was the run-up to the midterm elections. There was I think one sentence tonight about pre-existing conditions, and how many minutes about the manufactured crisis at the…
I mean this was dog whistle politics. The whole -- Jake, your question is about immigration. This question is about socialism, dog whistle politics.
The reason why Conor Lamb is doing so well is he is talking about the issues. He is talking about pension security.
Conor Lamb is poised to win tonight. Why? Because he is focused on the issues, He is fighting for health care.
I hope when Congress passes a minimum wage, they have an indexing provision, so we do not have to have this conversation.
I want to thank you for your leadership on the passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which is a game-changer for businesses and jobseekers alike.
Apprenticeship, as I said before, really is the other college except without the debt.
We want to diversify apprenticeship. We want to make sure it is available to women.
We also strongly support the Murray-Scott minimum wage bill and appreciate, Senator Murray, your leadership in that area.
We are now in the middle of the longest streak of private sector job growth on record--6 straight years, to the tune of 14.3 million new jobs.