Hilda Solis - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Hilda Solis Index / People Transcripts Nancy Sutley ...legislature led by then Assemblywoman Hilda Solis , who would later become labo... ...read that you and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis , who you mentioned before, hosted ... ...careers is something I know Secretary Solis was very interested in. There was, ... Michelle Miller ...But I also know that—I think it was Hilda Solis who was the first labor secretary. Sh... Eric Holder ...thinking, Oh my god, is it this bad? Hilda Solis , the secretary of labor, was sittin... Sharon Block ...So he had come in, because Hilda Solis was the first secretary of labor, s... ...we were extremely involved. I would say Secretary Solis wasn't a major player in thos... ...committee staff, and then facilitating Secretary Solis . Especially for her coming from th... ...also from the California delegation. So Secretary Solis was very much in those conversations i... ...think these were—again, I think because Secretary Solis was not in the inner circle, we weren'... ...relationship with him. Even though Secretary Solis , they knew each other from having bee... ...offices around the country. We had Secretary Solis at the beginning; we had somebody in L... ...We think they supported Secretary Solis , they trusted her. They trusted th... ...solicitor of labor—I don't remember if Secretary Solis went—anyway, went to the White House t... Show more... Tommy Vietor ...on. I had to manage vetting issues for Hilda [L.] Solis , during her confirmation. I remembe... Chris Lu ...people like LaHood at Transportation, [Hilda] Solis at Labor, Ken Salazar, Tom Vilsack... ...Candidly, while I am a fan of Hilda Solis , our first labor secretary—she ha... ...we did internally. When it came to Secretary Solis , was it your sense that the bi... ...that met. The problem was—again, love Secretary Solis for her personal skills, but she wa... ...I think what he really appreciated was— Hilda Solis and her deputy just did not get along... Mary Beth Maxwell ...for me. I was really fortunate, because Hilda Solis was tapped to be labor secretary, and ... ...secretary, and I knew—I still call her Secretary Solis , because I'm like that. She had bee... ...were both members of Congress. I think Secretary Solis wanted somebody that she knew was a... ...I had gotten a call from Secretary Solis asking me to consider being part of he... ...do more good by going in and being on Secretary Solis 's team. Don't worry that you'r... ...guy. It was a very concrete ask: “ Secretary Solis would like you to join as a senio... ...which totally was sympatico with Secretary Solis 's, is that we will define the labo... ...that you couldn't not fall in love with Secretary Hilda Solis in this way. She was the daughter o... ...theoretical for her. And when you put Secretary Hilda Solis in the room with workers, they knew it... ...leaders also really loved and respected Secretary Solis because they felt seen and respecte... ...convention, and they invited both Secretary Solis and Valerie Jarrett to speak. The... ...when you invite them to speak. So, Secretary Solis is giving her speech and she's sayin... ...survey. So I went ahead and put it into Secretary Solis 's speech, and everyone is like, “Yay... ...Can you see this? This is myself and Secretary Solis , and my little boy, at th... ...lot of my work was traveling with Secretary Solis to do a lot of events with labo... ...it is. I loved getting to do that with Secretary Solis . It was powerful. And I think if mor... ...other piece that I would lift up—and Secretary Solis and Tom Perez both were incredibl... Show more... Kathleen Sebelius ...Veterans Affairs] and me, and I think Hilda Solis from the Department of Labor, and To... Arne Duncan ...You also worked with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on the work-training initiatives. Di... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Russia Russia go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the The People's House The People's House