Political Quotes

“Madam President, I thank the Senator from North Dakota for his passion on this issue. I would add one other issue within this, which is that we have to be training our workforce for the coming years with those skills to make those things in America--whether it is airplanes in my State or cars in the Midwest or South, or whether it is the widgets he talked about. We are losing people today in this country who have those basic skills--welding, electricians, those kinds of skills that are basic to these industries. As we move into this coming year and look into our budget and look at our education policy--and we will be talking about the President's education policy on the committee on which I sit--we have to make sure we are going down into our middle schools and high schools and making sure our kids have career pathways that help fill these skilled manufacturing jobs we want to have here in this country. I thank the Senator for his words. I am here this afternoon to rise again in support of President Obama's nominee to serve as Solicitor of Labor, Patricia Smith. I have to tell everyone I am very confident she is the right person for this critical job. The work she is going to do to protect our workers is more important than ever before. American workers are facing an incredible challenge today. We all know that. They are struggling with record unemployment, a devastating economic crisis.…”