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" Outside of Washington, D.C., most Americans aren't concerned with doing things 'big.' They're looking for less government spending, lower taxes, and good jobs. "

Elaine Chao

Doing

Good

Government

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" Progress is being made, but a lot of women are realizing it is not what they envisioned. "

" As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.' "

Elaine Chao

Liberty

Time

" We need fair and free trade. "

" Activists have every right to espouse their views of utopia. "

" The majority of the new jobs being created require higher skills, more education. "

" Around the time President Lyndon B. Johnson was declaring a War on Poverty in the 1960s, federal, state and local governments began accelerating a veritable War on the Private Sector. "

" I know that some people, when they are growing up and they - as a person of color in a majority community - that they may feel as if they are left out, or they feel a bit strange. "

" Never far from my thoughts are memories of being a little girl in Queens, N.Y., our family of five crowded in a small one-bedroom apartment, struggling to learn English and survive a new life in a new country, America. We humbly and gratefully still recall the kindnesses shown by strangers and neighbors who became new friends. "

" We have many rules and regulations that can be sometimes confusing and complicated. By reaching out to the employer community and educating them on what their responsibilities and obligations are to their work force, that, along, with strong enforcement, is the best way to protect workers. "

" While conventional wisdom has traditionally sided against borrowing from retirement savings, sentiment has shifted toward borrowing from one's own assets with the realization that other forms of credit come at a much higher cost and often are not even available to borrowers with limited means and urgent needs. "

" There are many reasons to worry; the evening news is full of them. "

" To better deal with shortages of qualified applicants now and in the future, government policy makers need to acknowledge that government job training programs could stand improvement. "

" Smoot and Hawley ginned up The Tariff Act of 1930 to get America back to work after the Stock Market Crash of '29. Instead, it destroyed trade so effectively that by 1932, American exports to Europe were just a third of what they had been in 1929. World trade fell two-thirds as other nations retaliated. Jobs evaporated. "

Elaine Chao

Work

World

" I will carry with me always the deep sense of what it feels like to be an outsider and how tough it was, how hard it was to adapt to this country. "

" Washington's parasitic approach to the private sector must change for there to be widespread, near-term and enduring prosperity and job creation. "

" We want to make sure that workers know their rights and that employers know their obligations. That is the best way to protect workers. "

" Washington policymakers have to understand the adverse implications of their actions on job creation, and they must reorder some of their priorities. "

" Most private sector workers can only dream of getting the generous lifetime pension and health benefits typical of government service. "

" I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time. "

" Activist shareholder resolutions do not have to pass to succeed. The process itself can be so injurious to a company that management will cave to demands. "

" For any trade deal to move forward, there has to be agreement. "

" Deep in the heart of Kentucky's rugged Eastern Mountain region, there lives a woman who has fascinated and inspired me for two decades. She is known locally these days as 'Mayor Nan' - the octogenarian chief executive of Hazard and advocate for its 5,467 residents. "

" Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses. "

" I love working in the garden. "

" Employers should overcome a myopic quarterly earnings posture and focus on long-term strategies for growth that include investing in their own skills-training efforts to enable a broader pool of applicants. "

" Typically, after moving backwards, the economy takes even more steps forward. "