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Press Release: LULAC Applauds Confirmation of Hilda Solis As Our Nation’s First Latina Secretary of Labor. The first Latina to hold a Cabinet level position, Solis confirmation is an important step in putting the nation on the road to economic recovery. February 24, 2009 For more information contact: Washington, DC - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National President Rosa Rosales applauds the confirmation of Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary by an overwhelmingly Senate majority vote. “We are elated that Hilda Solis will serve as the next Secretary of Labor,” said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales. “At a time when hundreds of thousands more workers each week file initial jobless claims, a 26-year high this comes at the right time. For Latino workers facing an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent and small businesses struggling to make payroll, confirmation of Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary cannot come soon enough.” Congresswoman Hilda Solis speaks for the voiceless in our society. Working men and women need her leading the Department of Labor at this critical time. The confirmation of Hilda Solis as the Secretary of Labor is critical to American workers -- especially now when there is so much economic turmoil. If ever there was a time for a fully functioning Department of Labor, now is it. We trusted the full Senate would do the right thing for the American people. The Senate held final confirmation vote today on Labor Secretary Designee Hilda Solis at 4:30 pm EST. This vote comes more than two months after she was nominated by President Obama. The vote was scheduled by lawmakers after Democrats were assured that
Republicans would not filibuster the nomination. The League of United Latin American Citizens advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health, housing and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. # # # |