Tom Perez

We are trying to move it upstream. If you wait until you are 4 weeks away from separation, that can often be too late.

I'm confident we can construct a stairway to shared prosperity in which everyone has the chance to live their highest and best dreams.

We have experienced now 60 consecutive months of private sector job growth, which is the longest such streak on record, with 12 million jobs created during that period.

The challenge is to ensure that this wind at our back results in shared prosperity to make sure that everyone willing to work hard and play by the rules can indeed benefit from this recovery.

The President's fiscal year 2016 budget proposes investments in programs that build on what works and support an economy that works for everyone.

I support a minimum wage because, number one, it is fundamentally fair. Nobody who works a full-time job should have to live in poverty.

I believe that people should be judged by the quality of the work they do in a workplace, and not by any other irrelevant factors.

I totally agree with you, Congresswoman Foxx, that Job Corps contractors need to be subject to accountability, and when they don't do a good job we need to take action.

If you work extra, you should be paid extra.

The best way to avoid recidivism is to get people access to the skills they need so that when they get out, they have access to a good job.

Federal contracting is a privilege. It is not a right.

The thing I have learned, Congresswoman, is that it is not a Republican or a Democratic issue around the world.