Hilda Solis quotes
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“My niece was a sexual-assault victim. My sister is a survivor of domestic violence. We have more shelters for animals than for battered women. That's not the message we should be sending.”
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“No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work.”
-- Hilda SolisSource : "Protecting Children and Workers Around the Globe" by Sec. Hilda Solis, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 15, 2010.
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“My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My mother worked for more than 20 years on an assembly line.”
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“In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.”
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“My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.”
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“People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.”
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“No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity.”
-- Hilda SolisSource : "Protecting Children and Workers Around the Globe" by Hilda Solis, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 15, 2010.
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“My role was to bring about fairness in the workplace. All I did was implement the laws that were currently on the books.”
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“Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official, I know that fighting for what is just is not always popular but it is necessary; that is the real challenge that public servants face and it is where courage counts the most. Without courage, our action or inaction results in suffering of the few and injustice for all.”
-- Hilda SolisSource : "Immigrant's daughter Solis to lead Labor Dept". International Business Times, December 19, 2008.
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