Hilda L. Solis: “I believe that programs and policies of the Department of Labor are making a difference in American lives.”

There is broad agreement that the Federal Government has to start living within its means.

We need to preserve the middle class by continuing extended unemployment benefits.

He indeed was a true champion for working people and did so much to improve our nation's workforce.

I have the highest regard for our professional staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, highly trained, highly skilled Ph.D.s, economists, statisticians, folks that have been working in this area for many years. And this is a methodology…