Barack Obama has selected Los Angeles congresswoman Hilda Solis to run his Labor Department, a labor source confirmed Thursday.

Elected to Congress in 2000, Solis previously served two years in the California Assembly and six in the State Senate, where she was the first female Hispanic state senator. She has pushed in Congress for more training for so-called green-collar jobs — jobs that advance industries toward greater energy officials. She the only member of Congress on the board of American Rights at Work, a pro-labor group helmed by David Bonior.

In Congress, Solis sits on the House Energy and Commerce committee, the Natural Resources committee, the select committee on energy independence and global warming and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. She has also been outspoken against domestic violence.

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