my name is john jang. since 1988 i have lived in san francisco as a composer, performer, and artistic director of music ensembles. when the sacramento fill harmonic orchestra and the oakland east bay symphony performed my work, the chinese american symphony, i became the first american-born chinese composer to compose a shim phone i can work that pays tribute to the chinese immigrant worker that built the first transcontinental railroad in the united states. during the past ~ 25 years in the san francisco bay area, i have performed and had my works commissioned by the major arts presenters and music ensembles such as cal performances, san francisco performances, s.f. jazz, [speaker not understood], and [speaker not understood]. during the past year in washington, d.c. i performed at the white house forum on asian pacific american heritage sponsored by the department of interior as well an ebit horning the chinese railroad worker by the department of labor with the secretary sally jewel [speaker not underst

[applause] finally, all of you were entertained earlier by the ,ncredibly talented john jang who shared his music with us. he is sharing his unique culture by giving us music and culture that is unique. thank you. [applause] lastly, the warmest welcome goes to the family members of the descendents of the chinese railroad workers. we have many of them here. i hope for those of you in the audience, you have a chance to talk to them after the event. let's give them a round of applause as well. [applause] now it is my great pleasure and introduce the to next speaker. please join me in welcoming the secretary of labor, tom perez. [applause] >> thank you, chris. good morning. it is an honor to be here this morning and it's always an honor remarkablywith such distinguished people, including one of my heroes and one of the invy rates -- heavyweights the civil rights movement and in the movement for opportunity, congressman minetta, secretary minetta. he invited me. important, bute it is important to be nice. congresswoman grace mang will be joining us. that pesky work in the house is keeping he

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