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“I can tell you I love California - and no more.”
“We're a robust democracy here. That's the wonderful thing about this country.”
“There are many reasons to worry; the evening news is full of them.”
“We have a lot of employers who are looking for skilled workers and not being able to find them. And we have workers who lack the requisite skills to access these good-paying jobs in high growth industries.”
“My parents were very supportive.”
“We want to make sure that workers know their rights and that employers know their obligations. That is the best way to protect workers.”
“While there have been news reports of recent college graduates living with their parents because they have been unable to find a job paying a salary sufficient to move out, their near and long-term career prospects remain far brighter than for those without a college degree.”
“I am not seeking any position in a Dole Administration.”
“My husband has an outstanding record in promoting opportunity for women and the women that he surrounds himself in his staff and the women that he has promoted throughout his career. He's the father of three daughters. He's obviously a husband who's been very supportive of a very active wife with her own career.”
“I'm the first secretary of labor in the 21st century, and the competitiveness of the American work force and the modernization of decades-old regulations have been among our top priorities.”
“Employers should overcome a myopic quarterly earnings posture and focus on long-term strategies for growth that include investing in their own skills-training efforts to enable a broader pool of applicants.”
“Rising energy costs kill jobs and hit America's poorest the hardest.”
“As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.'”
“Perhaps the original layaway angel knew from experience, or simply deduced, that people resorting to the old-fashioned installment method of layaway may be struggling financially.”
“The OPPA route is nothing new. It follows the decades-old liberal agenda on trade, health care, global warming, and mass unionization. That agenda has never brought prosperity to workers.”
“Even when America's economy has been by all measures healthy and the unemployment rate low, some businesses suffer or fail and lay off workers. But nearly always, a simultaneous and even greater burst of new jobs has been created to offset the jobs lost - millions of new jobs every year.”
“We need fair and free trade.”
“The expenses of complying with Washington's torrent of mandates and regulatory overreach are costing American workers jobs and income growth.”
“For significant job creation to occur, prospective entrepreneurs and current business owners must not fear the future or be under assault from their own government in the present.”
“When the Smoot-Hawley bill landed on President Herbert Hoover's desk, more than 1,000 economists urged him to veto it. Tragically, the president ignored their pleas.”