Thomas Perez
Thomas E. Perez was chosen as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Feb. 25, 2017. Previously he was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Secretary of Labor and was sworn in on July 23, 2013. He previously served as the Secretary of Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
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"The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people."
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Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people."
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"If you're in Texas, you have got to drive 120 miles to get an ID."
"If you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesn’t…
"Go look at a Trump product. They’re all made in China."
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez weighs incarceration’s role in inner-city Baltimore’s bleak job picture
Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men…
"If you have a union job, you're making on average $950 a week. If you have a non-union job, you're making $750 a week."