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Let me begin by saying how much I support the good work you are doing at the Department of Labor.  I am glad to see America has a Secretary of Labor who clearly believes in her mission, and whose stewardship clearly supports the goal of Good Jobs for Everyone.

And I want to thank you for what you and the president have put forward in this proposal. I know that this budget represents some very difficult choices, and in some cases I may have made different calls. But this budget stands in sharp contrast to the plan outlined by the Majority in H.R. 1, which includes radical spending cuts that will cost Americans jobs and jeopardize our prospects for economic recovery. 

To cut the deficit, the Majority could have ended $40 billion in subsidies to oil companies, $8 billion in agriculture subsidies to big businesses, and $8 billion in giveaways to multinational corporations who ship jobs overseas. Instead the Majority wants to eviscerate spending for Workfo! rce Investment Act programs.

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