Hilda L. Solis

I think that our situation now is such that we find ourselves where single-head-of-household women are now having to make up the differences for, maybe, an absent spouse.

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

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 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.

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.

Congresswoman Solis has the credentials, judgment, expertise and dedication to America's working men and women to be one of the most outstanding Labor Secretaries in the Department's 95-year history.

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

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.

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