10 Things You Didn't Know About Hilda Solis
Solis is President Barack Obama's pick to be secretary of labor
1. Hilda Solis was born on Oct. 20, 1957. Her father, Raul, was a Teamsters Union shop steward from Mexico. Her mother, Juana, was an assembly line worker from Nicaragua. Hilda is the third of seven children.
2. Solis was the first in her family to graduate from college, receiving her B.A. in political science from California State Polytechnic University in 1979.
3. She received a master's in public administration from the University of Southern California in 1981.
4. During graduate school, she worked for the White House Office of Hispanic Affairs and the Office of Management and Budget.
5. In 1992, Solis, a Democrat, won a seat in the California State Assembly.
6. Solis became the first Latina elected to the California State Senate in 1994, and she served there for six years.
7. In 2000, Solis ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against Matthew Martinez, an incumbent from her own party. She won 62 percent of the vote in the primary (Martinez took 29 percent). No Republican ran against her in the general election.
8. Before she moved to Washington in 2001, Solis commissioned a painting of the Capitol dome with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. The painting was hung in her House office to remind her of her roots.
9. In 2000, recognized for her work on environmental justice issues in California, Solis became the first woman to win the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.
10. Solis is married to Sam Sayyad, a small-business owner.
Sources:
- The Almanac of American Politics 2008
- The Associated Press
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- California Journal
- Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis: Biography
- Los Angeles Times
- The New York Times
- TIME Magazine
Reader Comments
8 years of bushisim ain't enough for some
sooooooooo, according to some U.S citizens what was going on for 8 years which we U.S citizens are suffering in result was not bad enough? seems like some of us had brained washed or shout in face so hard that we just have to be against people who care for this country,Hilda would be one of the best things ever happened to American workers, for blind people everything is black and white,
Elaine Chao was the biggest blow to American Workers
Ask our mine workers.
http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/chaos-secret-rule-and-your-favorite-workers/
The House and the Senate disagreed over E-verify, which has been criticized by businesses.
The House version included E-Verify.
Hilda Solis and Pelosi are in the House.
All President Obama did was sign the bill, which should have ready a couple weeks ago.
Solis was born and raised in America. Most of her constituents in the 32nd District are low-income workers, which would be impacted first if there were "open borders" a 125 miles away.
Hilda Solis has always worked for quality jobs and quality paychecks for American workers.
For eight years, American Labor has been under Taiwanese-born Elaine Chao.
She and her husband, Mitch McConnell, have been instrumental in shipping jobs to China. China became a member of the WTO in 2001, same year Chao became the Secretary of Labor.
Her confirmation was automatic. Took less than two weeks.
Tag Teamed
http://www.kentucky.com/233/story/11062.html
Wedded to Free Trade in China
http://www.kentucky.com/233/story/197756-p2.html
Now is the time to rebuild and protect the American workforce, and Hilda Solis is uniquely qualified for that task.
Questions U.S. News SHOULD be asking
Why did Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats strip E-Verify from the stimulus bill?? This now means that about 300,000 jobs created with OUR tax dollars will go to illegal immigrants instead of to U.S. citizens and legal workers. This is unsconscionable.
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