Political Quotes

“let me mention a couple more before my time is up. One would think we would want to have in place the Solicitor for the Department of Labor to ensure the Nation's labor laws are fairly and forcefully adhered to. Eugene Scalia was nominated back in April-- April 30--to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor. There have been no hearings for his nomination. Yet that person is responsible, at the Department of Labor, for monitoring agency activities, providing advice and opinions to ensure Department of Labor employees and agencies fully comply with laws and regulations, and to assist in the development of regulations and standards to protect workers in this country. This is another very important position, Eugene Scalia. We need to have a hearing on him and he needs to be brought to the Senate floor for confirmation before we leave here for our August recess. Brian Jones, general counsel of the Department of Education: We all like to talk a good game when it comes to education. This is for the children. We need to help them. We need to staff up the Department of Education. It needs to be able to do the work we have asked it to do. Brian Jones was nominated back in April as well, April 30. He has had no hearing.”