Making sure we reward work with a decent wage that allows you to put a roof over your head and allows to you have health care and other securities thats the agenda of this president and im hoping happy to be working with him we want to make sure that everybody who works hard we reward hard work and the responsibility and we work with members of congress clapping we have to acknowledge the working family summit is about we have to acknowledge were not in leave it to beaver anymore there are more women in the workplace and the family has evolved and the family responsibility have viewed and Public Policy needs to evolve with those changing democrat garlics and changing trends you tell throughout america i talk to people all the time and they give me the following concerns i need to make enough money to put food on the tackle but want to be home to eat dinner at that table with my families clapping i hear from so many people to go home and take care of my father or mother or pickup my sic
Nancy pelosi and Dianne Feinstein and congresswoman spear joins us in making sure were strong and we have a strong fight for our san franciscans and here in San Francisco and washington, d. C. So joining with Others Congress members honda and hoffman and spear and nancy pelosi were going to move forward and advance workers rights and equality for all of us in San Francisco and across the country i know theres a lot of work ahead i remain committed for all residents i commend you and people in the audience and those ive just met even those years i was just happy to see roses come and join us thank you for coming here today congratulations clapping good morning and thank you four attending this Important Forum im emmy im the region representative for the department of the labor in San Francisco ive had the privilege of working at the department of the looker no washington, d. C. For the past 4 years and how time flies when you do something you love with amazing people you deeply respect
Restaurant industry if youre sick i prefer you to stay home putting that aside he teld told his employer how can i afford to get a doctors note if i cant afford to get to a doctor thats why nancy pelosi and the president put their remunerations on the line for the most important piece of Public Policy the Affordable Health care were on the are the side of history clapping millions of americans now have hope many for the first time every because youll see more and more people signed up 8 million on the challenges and others 8 million on their Families Health care were moving america healthy and when america it healthier its better and thats why insinuates like this are important to talk about the issues were making progress but we can and must do better theres nobody thats a played a more Important Role than the next person your Congress Minority leader and one of any heros daft of Baltimore Nancy pelosi. clapping. good afternoon all of you and mr. Secretary thank you for your your gene
Time spent with your family and be able to help our children with their homework and be home at night yelling yet all too many people are working two or three jobs thats not america so thats why were having those working families summits across the country i want to applaud my colleague that he department of the labor thats helping to lead and done great work across the country no shedding light on the issues and one of the basically Building Blocks is earning a decent wage no one who works a fulltime job should have to live in poverty and yet clapping we see throughout this country millions of americans working hard and fueling u falling you are further behind and one reason is our minimum wage nationally he use it nationally mayor it hadnt kept up its lost 20 percent of its purposing power since the 1980s image if you went into a job today and told you have to take a 20 percent pay cut from 20 years ago your gas bill or utility bill has not begun b down by 20 percent thats why its im
President s opportunity agenda is making sure we grow the economy and add more jobs good jobs and making sure that people have the skills to compete and making sure that everybody has access to Educational Opportunity from pre k and making sure we reward work with a decent wage that allows you to put a roof over your head and allows to you have health care and other securities thats the agenda of this president and im hoping happy to be working with him we want to make sure that everybody who works hard we reward hard work and the responsibility and we work with members of congress clapping we have to acknowledge the working family summit is about we have to acknowledge were not in leave it to beaver anymore there are more women in the workplace and the family has evolved and the family responsibility have viewed and Public Policy needs to evolve with those changing democrat garlics and changing trends you tell throughout america i talk to people all the time and they give me the follo