Those same closed economies, isolated from the risks of the global economy, have also been isolated from its fullest awards.

We are still experiencing the largest economic expansion of our history. Our economy is 50 percent bigger than it was eight years ago.

The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work and live and raise their families with dignity.

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did...No president...Not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just 4 years.

Ideally our goal is to increase the number of scholarships offered while also increasing the dollar amount of the awards.

The Woman of the Year Awards remind us of the value of gender diversity in the Hispanic economy, and this year's honorees are a real tribute to the achievements of Hispanic women throughout the United States.