Stand for Hilda Solis: Sign the letter to Senator Ted Kennedy now
Tell the US Senate to confirm Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor immediately
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Hilda Solis has consistently stood up for California. And now, as she faces a tough confirmation battle to become Secretary of Labor, it's time for progressives to take a stand for her. When Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened to cut the salaries of state employees to the minimum wage, Hilda Solis stood with tens of thousands of Courage Campaign members who successfully forced the Governor to back down. Now, Hilda Solis needs our help. Senate Republicans, led by Mike Enzi of Wyoming, have declared all-out war on our progressive hero. They are determined to kill her nomination so they can stop the momentum of President Obama and the labor movement. If Solis is not confirmed then conservatives will be emboldened to attack other progressives and their causes. We must draw the line here. |
Sign the letter now to Ted Kennedy in support of Hilda Solis:
Senator Ted Kennedy,
As one of the greatest champions for progress in America, we once again need your leadership as the right-wing seeks to make an example of another champion, Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis.
They want to destroy her chances of confirmation as President Obama's Secretary of Labor because they do not like his policies. These are policies Hilda Solis shares -- democracy, justice, prosperity. They are the same policies that you have spent your life promoting.
Congresswoman Solis has always stood for the people and for progress. Her efforts on behalf of the rights of women, the working class, the poor, and of environmental justice show that Congresswoman Solis is a leader America needs in these tough times. She will bring these values to the Department of Labor, where after eight years of George W. Bush's misrule, those values are desperately needed.
We know Hilda Solis because we are her neighbors and friends and constituents here in California. By nominating Hilda Solis, President Obama chose a person dedicated to crafting bipartisan solutions to rebuild our middle class and ensure workersÂ’ rights are protected. Hers is the kind of smart, innovative leadership we need as we face the highest jobless rate in more than 16 years and record job losses of 3.6 million since the start of the recession in December 2007.
The Republicans who are stalling SolisÂ’ confirmation are the very same group who spent the last eight years putting the needs of big corporations over the needs of working Americans. It's an insult to every Californian for the Republicans to hold up, postpone or otherwise delay her confirmation. We urge the Senate to quickly confirm Secretary-designate Solis so she can use her expertise to help us through these tough economic times.
Senator Kennedy, please lead the confirmation of Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor.