I was looking for the satire tag. I guess our Labor Secretary is dumber than a bag of hammers.
“In his speech, Perez also lobbied for a higher minimum wage, immigration reform, and labor unions.”
That about sums it up.
I looked for a satire indication too, but I think this is real. He’s “reasoning” that if someone is on paid leave, someone has to hire someone else to do the work. It never occurs to him that if paid leave is a cost of hiring within the USA, employers are going to create fewer jobs here.