Hilda L. Solis: “There is no more important issue facing our country today than shoring up the embattled middle class.”

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…

I do feel that it is important for this country to have a solid middle class.

As the President said in the State of the Union Address, we must renew our commitment to revitalizing our Nation's economy and to building an America that is built to last--where everyone gets a fair shot, does their fair share, and plays…

Since I last came here and testified before you more than a year ago many economic indicators show we are moving on a path to long-term economic recovery.