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  • Former United States Secretary Of Labor
  • born 1953
  • 103 quotes

Elaine Chao, Former United States Secretary Of Labor (born 1953), is quoted 103 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Workers, Private Sector, Sector and Pathways.

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We need fair and free trade.

I love working in the garden.

My parents were very supportive.

When there's change, people are always anxious.

I can tell you I love California - and no more.

What out country is facing right now is a skills gap.

We do not support an automatic pathway to citizenship.

I am not seeking any position in a Dole Administration.

Activists have every right to espouse their views of utopia.

Our intention is to clarify and modernize overtime pay rules.

For any trade deal to move forward, there has to be agreement.

There are many reasons to worry; the evening news is full of them.

Rising energy costs kill jobs and hit America's poorest the hardest.

In normal times, laid-off workers are unemployed an average of eight weeks.

We're a robust democracy here. That's the wonderful thing about this country.

Typically, after moving backwards, the economy takes even more steps forward.

Confidence, capital, and credit fuel entrepreneurship and economic expansion.

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

Where public pensions are concerned, many jurisdictions are running out of road.

The majority of the new jobs being created require higher skills, more education.

Government at all levels has kicked the fiscal can down the road for far too long.

There should be an immediate moratorium on federal regulations that endanger jobs.

The pursuit of excellence is a continuous process through life. Enjoy the pursuit.

My first port of call was Los Angeles. That's where I laid my first foot on America.

Even if it's a national issue, the federal government cannot provide all the answers.

Progress is being made, but a lot of women are realizing it is not what they envisioned.

Every person - we want to make sure that every person who wants a job will indeed get one.

America's private sector job creators need elected leaders to lead and get out of the way.

As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.'

Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression.

When Peace Corps was first proposed, some in Congress assumed that only men would be volunteers.

Because of these layaway angels, many children did not have to wonder why Santa skipped them in 2011.

People can voice their different points of view. We are also a country where there will be criticism.

Our country needs to produce 250,000 net new jobs every month just to keep even with population growth.

It will level the playing field, ... It will give American workers choice, confidence and also control.

Our private-sector work force is the most industrious, innovative, productive, and ambitious in the world.

The greatest job creation is driven by entrepreneurs and young businesses, so they merit special attention.

In campaigns, lots of things will be said, and what they have said about my husband is just simply not true.

Americans did not suffer alone. World trade overall fell two-thirds in the first few years of the Depression.

Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses.

Policymakers, elected and unelected, need to be ever-mindful that the U.S. economy does not exist in isolation.

We feel a pathway to citizenship would reward illegal activity, ... Amnesty encourages further illegal immigration.

The ingenuity and creativity of the private sector is essential to meeting American's needs for a skilled work force.

The Democratic Party's governing elite has long believed there is no problem that European-style policies cannot cure.

The attacks on Sept. 11 really sent a shock wave through our economy, and the full reverberation of that is not yet known.

Most private sector workers can only dream of getting the generous lifetime pension and health benefits typical of government service.

We want to make sure that workers know their rights and that employers know their obligations. That is the best way to protect workers.

The expenses of complying with Washington's torrent of mandates and regulatory overreach are costing American workers jobs and income growth.

America's competitive advantage lies in its human talent. All of us should be doing everything we can to cultivate and develop our work force.

Many Enron employees lost 70 percent to 90 percent of their retirement assets after the company indicated that it would re-state profit reports.

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