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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysauky0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:20 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Roy Blunt (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Blunt, Alexander, Capito, Kennedy, Murray, Baldwin, Murphy, and Manchin. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR ROY BLUNT Senator BLUNT. The Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies will come to order. Secretary Acosta, we are certainly glad you are here with us today to talk about the Department of Labor's request. I know you are in the last month of your first year and I will say, I think your work at the Department has made a big difference. We have actually now confirmed one person of the nominees that have been appointed to come and help you at the confirmed level, and hopefully we can do more of that before long. But your ability to deal with the process, to insist on timing that makes sense, I know is appreciated by me and our committee. The President must also think you are doing a great job because he thinks you can do it with 11 percent less money next year than you had last year and we will see how that goes. We look forward to your testimony, to your discussion of your priorities, and new proposals that you have seen in the last year that will make a difference at the Department. Certainly the economic news, the strength of the economy, the strength of the unemployment numbers, and even better, obviously, the employment numbers; 4.1 percent unemployment is the lowest in 17 years. While the low unemployment rate is good news, I think we all should continue to be concerned that many Americans are still un- (1)

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