Obama nominates Thomas Perez for Secretary of Labor.
Due Diligence’s Carmen Russell-Sluchansky talks with David Madland, Director of the American Worker Project at Center for American Progress
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and Tim Lee, Leading labor specialist & national policy expert at the Center for Individual Freedom:
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The nomination is to to replace Hilda Solis, who stepped down as Secretary of Labor in January.
President Obama called Perez, who currently heads the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, a tireless worker for equal opportunity and a champion for workers. However, Republicans have criticized Perez, suggesting that his department was torn by ideological pressures.
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