[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CONFIRMATION OF ALEXIS HERMAN AS SECRETARY OF LABOR

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Hilliard] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise to urge the 
confirmation of Alexis Herman as the next Secretary of Labor. Mrs. 
Herman will make a great Secretary. Her background is a modern day 
equivalent of being born in a log cabin, and her career successes 
mirror that of a Wall Street broker. That is an all-American 
combination.
  Mrs. Herman is well aware of what this Nation needs to keep its labor 
force on the great track already established by the President. That is 
why she will make a great Secretary of Labor. She worked at the Labor 
Department during the Carter administration as the department director 
of the Women's Bureau, the youngest in history to hold that office. She 
did a tremendous job. She excelled in assisting women to find 
meaningful employment in those breakthrough years for women, and she 
will bring this same type of creativity, the same zeal with her as she 
confronts the issues of the 21st century.
  Throughout her career, Alexis has been one who has tried to bring 
workers and employers together, white collars and blue collars, black 
and white, men and women together.
  Mr. Speaker, we need a Secretary of Labor who will bring people 
together, who will aid and assist people in being trained for the new 
technologies and the new jobs of the 21st century. We need someone with 
the strength and the desire to bring diversity to the workplace. Alexis 
Herman is the one to deliver.

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