Hilda L. Solis: “No one should be forced in a time of crisis to make the impossible choice between work and family.”

I do feel that it is important for this country to have a solid 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…

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.

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