SEIU.ORG: Media Reports: Hilda Solis Headed Towards Confirmation, Has Bipartisan Support

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5:10 PM Eastern - January 12, 2009

Media Reports: Hilda Solis Headed Towards Confirmation, Has Bipartisan Support
By Brad Levinson

Last Friday, President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Rep. Hilda Solis, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to confirm her appointment.

We've compiled a short round-up of the media coverage surrounding Secretary-designate Solis' confirmation hearings. From Washington-insider publications like the National Journal, to local papers like the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the consensus is clear: Hilda Solis appears to be headed towards confirmation, and her eagerness to begin working on behalf of all the working people in our great nation has earned her bipartisan support.

National Journal/Congress Daily: Senate Committee Gives Rep. Solis Friendly Treatment
Labor Secretary-designate Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., will likely sail to confirmation despite the intense partisan divisions over labor policy on display today at her hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

"I intend to support you," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah...

"If I am confirmed I will first and foremost be sure that we attend to the goals of the Department of Labor," (Solis) said. In her testimony, Solis laid out four priorities for her tenure: expanding job training and creating green jobs; enforcing workplace safety laws; enhancing retirement security; and eliminating discrimination. Solis has a strong record of backing organized labor, and unions have praised her nomination.

New York Daily News Blog: Solis Likely To Skate To Labor Post
The second Obama pick to face a confirmation hearing chaired by Kennedy in as many days, Solis is expected to be confirmed without much fanfare or fireworks. "We come away from the hearing with a strong sense of your caring about these issues, opened the hearing talking about some of these issues and the plight of so many working families," Kennedy told Solis at the end her hearing. "We look forward to working closely with you. You have an extraordinary reputation."

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