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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqrx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a.m., in room SD-138, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tom Harkin (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Harkin, Brown, Shelby, Cochran, Alexander, Graham, and Moran. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. HILDA L. SOLIS, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TOM HARKIN Senator HARKIN. The Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies will come to order. Welcome back to the subcommittee, Madam Secretary. You are joining us today at a critical time for our Nation's workforce. The economy is moving in the right direction. U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February, marking 3 months in a row of job gains of more than 200,000. In the private sector, we have had 24 straight months of job growth. The outlook for manufacturing is particularly encouraging, with 429,000 jobs added in the past 2 years. But too many people still remain unemployed or underemployed. More must be done to ensure that all Americans benefit from eco- nomic growth, not just the wealthy in our country. And so I applaud the efforts that you and your Department are making to get more Americans back to work, and to keep our work- ers safe, especially in times of budget constraints. FISCAL YEAR 2013 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET Under the President's request, funding for the Department in fis- cal year 2013 would drop slightly below the level for fiscal year 2012. Obviously, we are going to ask you to do more with less. I am pleased, however, that within the President's total, he has pro-

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