Hilda L. Solis

I, too, would like to see more attempt at disclosure and transparency, and want to work with you and other members of this committee.

I have spoken also with some of his members to explain that I do believe that green-collar jobs and this whole stimulus package does, in fact, have to include a safety mechanism...

I think that the public does deserve to be notified if they are improperly being charged fees.

No one should be forced in a time of crisis to make the impossible choice between work and family.

This is an especially difficult moment for middle-class families in America, increasing numbers of whom are losing their homes, their jobs, and their retirement savings.

Now, more than ever, we must work together to ensure that all Americans have the same opportunities that I had.

I look forward to revisiting and hopefully reversing many of those policies.

I think what we are envisioning here--and I've had an opportunity to speak with Vice President-elect Biden about this--is that we need to restore the respect and integrity of those individuals that work in the workplace.

You have my solemn commitment that, if confirmed, I will work hard every day to make sure that middle-class families do not lose hope.

Unfortunately, increasing numbers of middle-class families, retirees, and youth in America are losing their jobs, their homes, and their retirement savings.

The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

His desire to serve working Americans brought him to politics. I share his commitment.

The fact that I'm sitting before you today as a child of an immigrant family, a working family, is proof that in America, anything is possible.

I have a significant Native American population in L.A. County and there is one center available for them. It is just horrifying to think that people have to travel so many counties just to get there. Lord help them if they have an episode…

Today we celebrate the life and mourn the passing of Coretta Scott King. Following the assassination of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, Coretta Scott King worked tirelessly to keep the ideology of equality for all people…

Again, I just want to underscore why we are celebrating here tonight, to talk about the real issue, and the real issue is that there is so many millions of Americans that are uninsured, 40 million, and we need to change that, and we need…

Mr. Chairman, I think when the gentlewoman brought up there are 61 women here representing the people of this Nation, I think that we should also remember those people who are on Social Security disability. My son was on Social Security…

During these delicate times of instability, I do not believe that this Congress should be voting on a resolution regarding the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian territories. I believe that this resolution we are debating…

The whole irony is that we are going to be charged with building up our defense, and where do we get the steel?

I hope our law enforcement will do the utmost that they can to find out who the individuals are that are spreading this hateful type of literature on the Internet, and other means that they are using to provoke people in the community. It…

I cannot stand here today as a new Member of Congress and vote for a piece of legislation that is so deadly, because if someone becomes ill under this proposal after 6 years because someone has injected them with tainted blood, they cannot…