Political Quotes

“I am here today for two purposes. I will start with the first. The first is to rise in support of advancing the nomination of Elizabeth Watson to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Labor. Ms. Watson is a highly qualified nominee who was nominated in April of last year, almost a year ago now. She has spent most of her career advocating for workers through labor and economic policy. Ms. Watson previously served as labor policy director and chief labor counsel on the House Committee on Education and Labor. Given her labor expertise and commitment to public service, she would be an enormous asset to the Department of Labor. It is past due that the Senate confirm her nomination. Ms. Watson is one of many excellent pro-worker nominees that have been put forward by the Biden-Harris administration. Working families and unions built the American middle class, and working families and unions helped to make the Nation what it is today--the strongest, most powerful nation in the world. Every worker in America deserves to be paid a living wage and treated with dignity and respect. Over the past few decades, corporations have worked to undermine and weaken workers' fundamental rights to organize and collectively bargain.…”