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Tom Perez
Tom Perez
American Politician
Born: Oct 7, 1961
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Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm
We have to bake labor provisions into the core of an agreement. TPP would do that. Under NAFTA, countries had to simply promise to uphold the laws of their own nations. Tom Perez
Own Promise Would Laws Had Simply NAFTA Countries Bake Provisions Labor Uphold Nations Agreement Core
In terms of intellectual property, so many of the job creators I know are start-ups. In the IP setting, we can meaningfully improve on the status quo, and in so doing, we can help small businesses, large businesses, and those in between. Tom Perez
Property Job Setting Those Job Creators Status Status Quo Small Small Businesses Between Know Terms Doing IP Intellectual Intellectual Property Improve Quo In-Between Meaningfully Help Businesses Large Many Creators
I think public sector workers, our teachers, our firefighters, our home health workers who work for states, they do God's work. They are some of our most important employees. Tom Perez
Work God Health Home Employees Important Think Our States Sector Some Firefighters Most Public Workers Teachers Who Public Sector
The differences between Secretary Clinton and Donald Trump in terms of temperament, in terms of values, couldn't be more stark. Tom Perez
Values Differences Secretary Secretary Clinton Temperament More Between Terms Clinton Trump Donald Donald Trump Stark
We need to be focused in corporate America on the long term. Tom Perez
Long Corporate Corporate America Focused Long-Term Term America Need
People have choices. They are going to vote with their feet. Tom Perez
Vote People Feet Going Choices
And as we work together, we will build a better America! As we work together, we will bring the middle class to thrive again! As we work together, we will make sure that everybody has the ladder of opportunity to climb! Tom Perez
Work Class Together Better Opportunity Will Thrive Build Ladder Everybody Make Sure Climb America Middle Middle Class Again Work Together Bring
We have a long and proud tradition as a nation of investing in our human capital so that we can build a thriving middle class. You look at the G.I. Bill after the war - it was an investment in our service members who had served this nation with distinction. Tom Perez
Service War You Class Long Build Nation Our Distinction Members Thriving Had Investing Investment Look Proud Tradition Human Middle Middle Class After Capital Bill Who Served
I've got so much going on in my day job. And I've been around politics enough to know all the swirl that's fit to print, and so I focus on the reality of the here and now. Tom Perez
Politics Day Reality Job Focus Enough Day Job Know Print Around Got Been Fit Going Much Now Here
Discrimination is not a national defense strategy! Tom Perez
National Strategy Defense National Defense Discrimination
We have to invest in people if we're going to have a country where every person can participate in our economy and share in our prosperity, and we have to break down the many barriers that stand in their way. Tom Perez
People Prosperity Country Down Every Our Way Invest Share Participate Economy Person Going Where Break Stand Barriers Many
The first Friday of every month is what we call Numbers Day - it's the day that the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the monthly jobs report. We have a ritual at the Labor Department - at 8 A.M., we gather around a table in my office, and the commissioner of labor statistics briefs me and the department's senior leadership on the numbers. Tom Perez
Day Leadership Me First Every Month Monthly Release Statistics Jobs Table Ritual Call Around Friday Labor Office Report Department Commissioner Bureau Senior Numbers Gather
A secure retirement is one of the pillars of middle class life. For all too many Americans, however, that pillar needs more support. Tom Perez
Life Needs Class Too Secure Secure Retirement More Support Retirement Pillar Pillars However American Middle Middle Class Many
Americans should be able to enjoy a secure retirement after a lifetime of hard work. But too many Americans reach retirement without enough savings to supplement their Social Security benefits. Tom Perez
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Workers are most likely to save for retirement if they have access to a workplace savings plan and are automatically enrolled in that plan. Tom Perez
Savings Enrolled Retirement Most Likely Access Automatically Plan Workers Workplace Save
The Department of Labor's final conflict of interest rule will ensure that America's workers and retirees receive retirement advice in their best interest. Tom Perez
Best Conflict Will Advice Final Rule Ensure Retirees Retirement Labor America Department Interest Workers Receive
When the federal government imposes a mandate on the states or supersedes a state policy, conservatives often rise in protest. Tom Perez
Government Conservatives State States Rise Federal Federal Government Policy Protest Often Mandate
My parents didn't feel that they had any choice but to leave the Dominican Republic. They did, however, choose to become Americans, and they lived American values every day. Tom Perez
Day Every Day Values Parents Become Every Had Feel Leave However Dominican Republic American Did Any Republic Choice Choose American Values Lived
My mother fiercely valued education. She entered college the same year I did, in 1979, and graduated eight years later. She was a remarkable role model for all of us. Tom Perez
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Change very often comes to Washington, not from Washington. Tom Perez
Change Very Often Washington
For the purposes of the FMLA, marriage will now be determined based on where the couple got married, not on where an employee lives. This is called a 'place of celebration' rule. Tom Perez
Marriage Will Rule Married Determined Purposes Employee Couple Got Celebration Where Place Now Based Lives
As America prepared for war in 1941, discrimination largely shut black Americans out of job opportunities in the growing defense industry. Tom Perez
War Opportunities Job Black Defense Out Black Americans Industry Discrimination America American Prepared Growing Largely Shut
Civil rights activists and union activists shared not just common values and objectives but also common enemies. Tom Perez
Rights Enemies Values Civil Civil Rights Objectives Shared Also Just Common Common Values Union Activists
You shouldn't have to win the boss lottery in order to have a little bit of flexibility at work. Raising and supporting a family isn't just a financial obligation. What's important isn't just being able to put food on the dinner table - we want you to be at the dinner table, too. Tom Perez
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If I don't get something done at the office at 4:30 in the afternoon, I can go back to it at 10:00 in the evening. Tom Perez
Back Something Go Office Get Done Afternoon Evening
Tampa Electric has used apprenticeships since 1978 to make sure its workforce is the best in the business - trained, prepared, and productive. Apprenticeships improve its bottom line and give the company a competitive advantage. Tom Perez
Best Business Give Bottom Bottom Line Advantage Since Make Sure Tampa Line Trained Improve Workforce Used Electric Productive Company Prepared Competitive Competitive Advantage
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