203 Quotes by Tom Perez

When you recruit good candidates and you have a good message and you have energy and organization and partnership, you always have a fighting chance.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works a full time job should have to live in poverty. That's a fundamental value proposition, an article of faith in our country that I know an overwhelming majority of Americans agree on.

We need to enact comprehensive immigration reform, to bring people out of the shadows and empower them to more fully and freely participate in their communities and the economy. And we need to invest in our nation's deteriorating infrastructure - investments that would create jobs and benefit all sectors of the economy.

A secure retirement is one of the pillars of middle class life. For all too many Americans, however, that pillar needs more support.

The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children.

Infrastructure done right can help working people; infrastructure done wrong is just more money for private equity.

President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that provides ladders of opportunity and believes in a thriving middle class, then we have to raise the minimum wage.

Workers are most likely to save for retirement if they have access to a workplace savings plan and are automatically enrolled in that plan.

You can't eat cake and lose weight.