The way I could do that is I raised my right hand and I swore on a bible to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and I uphold it to carry out the functions as Secretary of Labor, and I take that very seriously, and I…

We would have had a lot more devastation in our cities and towns across America.

A $15.00 minimum wage is a baseline that would be able to help people earn higher wages, a better living.

I'd like to see people back to work.

I do understand the problem, and I know that there's lots of different opinions and conversations on this.

I think that a lot of the concern people have is we have right now in America over 268 million people have been vaccinated.

I was not aware of these incidents when I appointed Dennis White as Commissioner of Boston.

To regenerate and restart our economy it's going to take more than simply flipping a switch.

I think that I'm very encouraged that the American Jobs Plan is an amazing investment all across America.

The President's plan is working right now.

I think that we have, as you said, eight million people out of work, going to be looking for work. I can't imagine eight million people saying OK, I'd rather sit home and collect unemployment and don't go to work in our country when an…

This is about the American people. It's about the American economy. It's about forward-looking plan.

This is all about the middle class. This isn't just about labor unions. This is about creating opportunities to build the middle class and allow people to get into a middle class that quite honestly, some people would say, hasn't existed…

The President tasked myself and for other cabinet secretaries to work on the American Jobs Plan. We need to make sure that people were working in safe working conditions.

The President has been very clear on that issue of the Pro Act, making sure that that passes to give people an opportunity. If they want to join a union, they can join the union without disruption, without people using tactics against them.

The President and Congress worked together to pass the American Rescue Plan. It changed the course of the pandemic.

We are at an inflection point in our Nation's history right now. We are coming out... of a pandemic that has taken over 600,000 American lives.

We need to build back better. That means putting workers at the center of a more resilient, more inclusive, and ultimately more competitive economy as a country.

If I do anything as Secretary of Labor, it is making sure that the money in the workforce development grants, in the apprenticeship program, money that we get, we get out in the street because that, that is going to be the fundamental…

It`s about jobs. There`s no question about it.

We have to Build Back Better. And this is a great opportunity to do that.

This American Jobs Plan is not a Democratic program. It`s not a Republican program. It`s an American program.

It really is about strengthening up our enforcement.

We really have to build up our strength there.

I would call that a false promise, which raised some some false hopes, unfortunately.