in an interview, hilda solis was asked how high the ray could get. here is her response. my message to you, in hard times unprecedented, we always see the lagging of workers. that's going to lag and that may kin to contract. my hope is that we'll starlt to see some changes we are sowing fewer people getting into the lines of the government and now stabilized in their work place for the time being until we see more growth. >> is it unrealistic to think this is going to turn around? >> i would say it is not going to turn around as wick as you and i would like to see it. we have been in this situation now since 2 70 07. communities i live in los angeles county, we saw upwards of unemployment of 9%, that was a year ago. there's a lot of cities with higher rates i found in ohio and michigan. that's what we will do to play our resources. >> we'll see the entire interview. that's tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. back to the phones and discussion regarding how congress should handle healthcare. we go to cleveland on the phone for democrats. go ahead. good moverpbin

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. >> labor secretary killed solis -- hilda solis. thanks for joining us on "newsmakers." >> what role, does labor have and all this? >> the administration is really it reticent to start extending it to states. they think it will open up a pandora's box. you have seen what happened with bailout money to the private sector, and they are just not interested in delving into that area. there are 50 states out there. most of them have budget troubles, not all of them as bad as california, but they do not want to go down that road. i think you saw that the secretary was hesitant to give any indication they will do anything other than what they have been doing, which is money from the stimulus to help with extended unemployment benefits, transportation projects, and the like. when it comes to helping states borrow money or deal with budget shortfalls, the administration is just saying that is your problem, at this point. >> your line of questioning with the one community in a high of dealing with job losses and really dealing with budget cut