Hilda L. Solis: “The budget before you will help spur new and better job opportunities while fostering safe workplaces.”

We are getting our economy back on track with 11--11--straight months of private-sector job growth.

We must come together, reduce our deficit, and get back on a path that will allow us to pay down our debt.

They're not asking for a handout. They're asking for a hand up, an ability to be able to work in different employment situations.

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…