The railroads, a lot of these workers 80 percent of these workers that work on the railroad don`t have a fixed schedule.

There is more people working right now in America than any other period in the history of our country.

President Biden's first two years, has passed some amazing legislation that really is going to set the next tone for this country for the next decade to come.

The president when he put these bills together and you got them through Congress, it really was about the future of this country and the future of cities like Boston.

We need to be collectively working as Democrats and Republicans, to really make sure we are making investments in job training, workforce development apprenticeships.

We are asking for an increase in mine safety work in this budget.

We need to make sure we stay on top of it.

My mission as Secretary of Labor, and quite honestly, my mission in all my roles I have ever held, is to empower workers, all workers, morning, noon and night.

I think moving, it is--not a net gain for America, moving an industry from one part of America to another part of America.

this bill is long overdue, and hopefully that you know, I guess I cannot advocate for legislation, but I certainly support this legislation.

We have in this moment a unique opportunity to help all workers thrive.

I work very closely with Katherine Tai.

We saw increases in child labor violations last year.

I think that if Congress is going to pass anything like that you need to talk to the mayors because that is where it is going to be carried out.

We have had usually the black unemployment rate is double that of the white unemployment rate in this country.

The President has asked all of us to look to make sure that equity is embedded in everything that we do.

We passed the $15 an hour minimum wage, Federal contracting minimum wage.

You don't need a stick. What you need to do is have conversations about equitable.

Data tells the truth. If you don't have the data and you don't look at the data, it doesn't tell the truth.

I think some of the things that we can do is when we think about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law...

We were able to lift that wage up to $15 an hour.

It is no surprise to me that the black unemployment rate in this country is 5 percent.

I am certainly pleased to outline the Biden-Harris administration's priority for the Department of Labor's fiscal year 2023 budget.

Well, certainly very disappointed in the ruling. You know, we were doing this rule to keep Americans safe, to help get Americans back to work, to make sure that people don`t have to worry about when they`re going to work. But…