My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to caring for our… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Secretary Clinton is tough, smart, and understands better than any candidate the challenges that parents are talking about around dinner tables and… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
How can we say we're for family values when so many women in the United States have to jeopardize their livelihood to… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
My parents didn't feel that they had any choice but to leave the Dominican Republic. They did, however, choose to become Americans,… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Years after my parents made the United States their home, I had the joy of traveling to the Dominican Republic with my… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
My parents both came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and they were deeply grateful for the opportunities this country… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
My mother fiercely valued education. She entered college the same year I did, in 1979, and graduated eight years later. She was… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Public service has allowed me to put values my parents taught me into action. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I remember a good friend of mine whose father worked at Bethlehem Steel for 40 years with just a high school degree.… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Companies are recognizing that paid leave reduces training and turnover costs, that it's a formula for recruiting and retaining good workers. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
We need bold leadership to bring America back to its first principles of diversity inclusion and opportunity for everyone in every ZIP Code, and… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
As America prepared for war in 1941, discrimination largely shut black Americans out of job opportunities in the growing defense industry. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many of whom… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
When you put more money in the pockets of working families, they spend it on groceries, gas, school supplies, and other goods and services.… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Our universal message of access to economic opportunity resonates with the ironworker in northeastern Ohio and the immigrant in South Florida. And we sometimes… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
We have a long and proud tradition as a nation of investing in our human capital so that we can build a thriving middle… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
There's this notion out there - and it's a categorically false notion - that the only business model in the service industry is the… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
