Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary

Date: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:04 AM

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True to his promise, Obama is going to change things. Like for instance, the
Secretary of Labor will change from being a female born in Taiwan (Elaine
Chao) to a radical Latina Congresswoman (D-CA) that was born in Los Angeles.

Now let's look at what won't change. Both of them want to give amnesty to
illegal aliens and both of them support increases in a broad range of guest
worker visas like H-1B and green cards. Both of them are radical globalists.

I have spent a great deal of time searching to see if I could find a single
instance when Hilda Solis said anything about H-1B. I haven't been able to but
her voting record speaks for itself.

Solis gets a grade of F- from betterimmigration.com on immigration issues.

http://grades.betterimmigration.com/testgradescategory.php3?District=CA&Category=5&Status=Career&VIPID=964

Solis co-authored the STRIVE Act of 2007 (H.R. 1645). This bill was one of the
worst H-B expansion bills ever; fortunately it failed to get congressional
approval. If Solis really had something to do with the STRIVE act it was
probably the part of it that tried to increase the number of green cards or to
fiddle with H-2B. Most likely Hilda Solis doesn't care about H-1B except that
is of value as a quid pro quo to bargain for more immigration from Mexico.

One of Hilda's most infamous quotes was in 1996 when she was a California
State Senator. She said that "WE ARE ALL AMERICANS WHETHER YOU ARE LEGALIZED
OR NOT."

Some people are happy to have Hilda Solis onboard. This statement by AFL-CIO
president John Sweeney proves that unions are determined to commit self
suicide:

"We're thrilled at the prospect of having Rep. Hilda Solis as our
nation's next labor secretary." "We're confident that she will
return to the labor department one of its core missions - - to
defend workers' basic rights in our nation's workplaces."

It's very important to note that Sweeney thinks workers are all the same
whether they are citizens or illegal aliens. He sees no distinction,
especially if they pay union dues. In that regard, Sweeney and Solis are
kindred souls.

There are others that are rejoicing that Solis will be running the labor
department, such as the radical separatist group National Council of La Raza,
which means "the race". Watch this video to hear Solis' outrage that illegal
aliens don't get enough free health care and to hear her rants about the
irresponsible xenophobic journalism of Lou Dobbs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh9uxbjNMKY
Press Conference - Rep. Hilda Solis (CA-32)

Thanks to Barack Obama, things in the labor department are going to change
from bad to worse. That's a change to believe in.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/18/calif_congresswoman_solis_tapp.html

Calif. Congresswoman Solis Tapped to Head Labor

Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., waves as she speaks at the 2008 Democratic
National Convention in Denver. (Ron Edmonds/Associated Press)

Updated 3:01 p.m.
By Alec MacGillis
Barack Obama has selected Los Angeles congresswoman Hilda Solis to run his
Labor Department, a labor source confirmed today.

Elected to Congress in 2000, she previously served two years in the California
Assembly and six in the State Senate, where she was the first female Hispanic
state senator. She attended California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,
and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern
California, beginning her career in the Carter White House Office of Hispanic
Affairs. She later worked as a management analyst with the Office of
Management and Budget.

Solis has pushed in Congress for more training for so-called green-collar jobs
-- jobs that advance industries toward greater energy officials. In the
California state Senate, she successfully advocated in 1996 to increase the
state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75 an hour. She the only member of
Congress on the board of American Rights at Work, a pro-labor group helmed by
David Bonior.

In Congress, Solis sits on the House Energy and Commerce committee, the
Natural Resources committee, the select committee on energy independence and
global warming and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. She has also
been outspoken against domestic violence.

Solis, who was born in Los Angeles in 1957, will be the third Hispanic in the
Cabinet (in addition to Bill Richardson and Ken Salazar), and the fifth woman
(in addition to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Susan Rice, Janet Napolitano and Lisa
Jackson), should she win Senate confirmation. She is also yet another Obama
pick who originally supported Clinton in the primaries. Solis was an avid
supporter of Clinton but was then aggressively courted by Obama as the
primaries ended as part of his push to win over Hispanic voters.

Other individuals who had been mentioned for the Labor post include:
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Berkeley
professor Harley Shaiken, and labor activist Mary Beth Maxwell, who is the
executive director of American Rights at Work.

In all likelihood, the next secretary will spend much of her time contending
with the looming battle over the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation
supported by Obama that would make it much easier for unions to organize
workers but which is opposed by business interests.

Labor unions hailed the choice. "We're thrilled at the prospect of having Rep.
Hilda Solis as our nation's next labor secretary," said AFL-CIO president John
Sweeney in a statement that also noted that Solis has overwhelmingly pro-labor
voting record. "We're confident that she will return to the labor department
one of its core missions - - to defend workers' basic rights in our nation's
workplaces."

Posted at 1:59 PM ET on Dec 18, 2008 | Category: Cabinet

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