[inaudible] well come to order. We are considering President Bidens nomination of julie su to be the secretary of the United States department of labour. I welcome her this morning. Let me get directly to the point. I strongly support miss sus nomination. She has been an excellent deputy secretary of labor for the last two years and i believe she will make an excellent secretary of labor into the future. I hope very much that you will be confirmed by the senate and we need her in her job as soon as possible. Let us be honest as we gather this morning, a debate over miss su really has nothing to do with her qualifications. No one can tell us with a straight face that miss su is unqualified for this position. In fact, she is extremely well qualified. This debate, really, has everything to do with the fact that julie su is a championing of the working class of this country who will stand up against the forces of corporate greed. That is really what this debate is about. Lets be very clear
[inaudible] well come to order. We are considering President Bidens nomination of julie su to be the secretary of the United States department of labour. I welcome her this morning. Let me get directly to the point. I strongly support miss sus nomination. She has been an excellent deputy secretary of labor for the last two years and i believe she will make an excellent secretary of labor into the future. I hope very much that you will be confirmed by the senate and we need her in her job as soon as possible. Let us be honest as we gather this morning, a debate over miss su really has nothing to do with her qualifications. No one can tell us with a straight face that miss su is unqualified for this position. In fact, she is extremely well qualified. This debate, really, has everything to do with the fact that julie su is a championing of the working class of this country who will stand up against the forces of corporate greed. That is really what this debate is about. Lets be very clear
[inaudible] well come to order. We are considering President Bidens nomination of julie su to be the secretary of the United States department of labour. I welcome her this morning. Let me get directly to the point. I strongly support miss sus nomination. She has been an excellent deputy secretary of labor for the last two years and i believe she will make an excellent secretary of labor into the future. I hope very much that you will be confirmed by the senate and we need her in her job as soon as possible. Let us be honest as we gather this morning, a debate over miss su really has nothing to do with her qualifications. No one can tell us with a straight face that miss su is unqualified for this position. In fact, she is extremely well qualified. This debate, really, has everything to do with the fact that julie su is a championing of the working class of this country who will stand up against the forces of corporate greed. That is really what this debate is about. Lets be very clear
Today Nelson Lichtenstein presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he a
Presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he also serves as vice dean fo