Political Quotes

“Madam President, once again I wish to reiterate my strong support for Tom Perez, a man eminently qualified to serve our country as the next Secretary of Labor. Tom Perez was cleared by the HELP Committee over 2 months ago and should have been confirmed soon after, but we know that wasn't the case. I am glad that Leader Reid was able to break the nominations logjam this week so that we could begin confirming some very deserving nominees, including Tom Perez. Tom Perez is the quintessential public servant. He is a consensus builder. As Secretary of Labor in Maryland, he brought together the chamber of commerce and Maryland labor unions to make sure workers received the level of wages and benefits they deserved and business had the skilled workforce they needed. Most recently, he has served as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, where he increased prosecution of human trafficking by 40 percent, won $50 million for servicemembers whose homes were improperly foreclosed on while they served, and settled the three largest fair lending cases in the history of the Fair Housing Act, recovering more money for victims in 2012 than in the previous 23 years combined. He has spent his entire career in public service. He is a Brown University graduate with a master's in public policy from the Kennedy School and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law.…”