Commentary Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on Extension of Unemployment Insurance Benefits by Gary Kopycinski on December 2, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2010. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the extension of Unemployment Insurance benefits: