everyone willing to contribute, including those with disabilities, lgbt americans and immigrants. he has helped settle the largest cases ever on behalf of families targeted by unfair mortgage lending. >> the son was a staff lawyer to kennedy and labor secretary for maryland. >> i'm confident that together, the business community, republicans, democrats, independents the like we can keep making progress for all the working families. >> some business leader like miller and long, the mid-atlantic largest employment structure voiced fear that perez would act as the labor prosecutor and chief. >> i don't think we look at someone with a vast set of experiences in the enterprise. he has been a lawyer or a government employee. those folks never really work out very well for understanding what we do for a living. >> republican senator david leland vittervitter vows to blo.