I've learned that it's important to listen to employees at all levels, to engage them, to empower them. Whether you're a first-line supervisor or the head of an entire agency, you should be asking career staffers, 'What do you think?'
When the federal government imposes a mandate on the states or supersedes a state policy, conservatives often rise in protest.
The differences between Secretary Clinton and Donald Trump in terms of temperament, in terms of values, couldn't be more stark.
Here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success.
When you cut investments in worker training, you're cutting investments in the middle class.
With patience, persistence, and partnership, we can create economic opportunity for every person willing to work hard for it.
And as we work together, we will build a better America! As we work together, we will bring the middle class to thrive again! As we work together, we will make sure that everybody has the ladder of opportunity to climb!
For many people, and particularly in communities of color, the basic bargain of America - that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can share in the nation's prosperity - has become a raw deal. That's what President Obama's opportunity agenda is all about - making good on our country's half of the basic bargain.
If I don't get something done at the office at 4:30 in the afternoon, I can go back to it at 10:00 in the evening.
I had the luxury of skipping the cabinet meeting to attend my daughter's graduation. So many people don't have the luxury of taking an hour away from the workplace to attend indispensable family commitments. We have to change that dynamic.
One of the best ways to grow this economy is to put money in people's pockets.
I think one of the most important things we can do for people is to expand opportunity - whether it's the opportunity to live a life free of discrimination or the opportunity to get a good job that provides a gateway to the middle class. I've dedicated my career to expanding opportunity, and it's proven incredibly rewarding.
Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead.
I met a woman working 30 hours a week, trying to make ends meet, three children. And she slept the night before I met her in her car because she's homeless. We can do better. We can build a nation of shared prosperity.
It is not possible that it is God's will that women are making 77 cents on a dollar.
The 3.5 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They deserve fair and equal treatment as Americans.
I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many of whom are single moms working to support their family - and you're having a significant impact on communities of color.
It's time to update our workplace policies to reflect the realities of the 21st-century labor force and to support modern working families. It's time to continue our nation's long commitment to supporting unemployed workers by extending emergency unemployment compensation.
