{"id":15580,"date":"2021-03-02T23:02:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/02\/senate-votes-to-confirm-biden-pick-as-commerce-secretary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:26:43","slug":"senate-votes-to-confirm-biden-pick-as-commerce-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2021\/03\/02\/senate-votes-to-confirm-biden-pick-as-commerce-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate votes to confirm Biden pick as commerce secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden\u2019s commerce secretary and help guide the economy\u2019s recovery during and after the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vote was 84-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raimondo, 49, was the first woman elected governor of Rhode Island and is serving her second term. She is a Rhodes Scholar and a graduate of Yale Law School who went on to become a venture capitalist before turning to politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raimondo will be responsible for promoting the nation\u2019s economic growth domestically and overseas. Republican opposition to her confirmation focused on concerns that she would not be forceful enough in confronting the Chinese government\u2019s efforts to gain an economic and technological edge through espionage.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2021\/03\/02\/senate-confirms-cardona-as-bidens-education-secretary\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21060829698601.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Senate confirms Cardona as Biden\u2019s education secretary<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Miguel Cardona, 45, a former public school teacher who went on to become Connecticut&#039;s education chief, was approved on a 64-33 vote.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in particular said he was concerned that she declined during her confirmation hearing to commit to keeping Chinese telecom giant Huawei on the department\u2019s Entity List. U.S. companies need to get a license to sell sophisticated technology to companies on the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She subsequently told senators she had no reason to believe that companies on the list should not be there. But that answer failed to satisfy Cruz. He said it would have been a simple matter for Raimondo to commit to keeping Huawei and others on the Entity List.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe refused to do so, repeatedly,\u201d Cruz said before the vote. \u201cThis appears to be part of a pattern of a systemic decision to embrace communist China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden has said China is in for \u201cextreme competition\u201d from the U.S. under his administration, but that the new relationship he wants to forge need not be one of conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in China, has also strained the relationship between the two countries with members of both U.S. political parties working to highlight any accommodations they see the other side making toward China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of Raimondo\u2019s work will be focused on regional economic issues. Lawmakers from coastal states want help protecting valuable fishing industries. Lawmakers from rural states want greater investment in broadband. She confirmed her interest in working with them on those issues during her confirmation hearing and emphasized the need to tackle climate change. She noted as governor that she oversaw construction of the nation\u2019s first offshore wind farm. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2021\/02\/26\/former-michigan-gov-granholm-confirmed-as-energy-secretary\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21027553298558.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Former Michigan Gov. Granholm confirmed as energy secretary<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The vote was 64-35, with all Democrats and 14 Republicans, including GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, voting yes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking for someone who can come in and help, with private sector experience, to really move the agenda of this administration forward. So, for me, Gov. Raimondo\u2019s private sector experience really means a lot,\u201d said Sen. Maria Cantwell, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. \u201cShe knows how to invest in new technologies and things that are going to help us grow jobs for the future, and she knows how to match up a workforce with those job opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Commerce Department comprises a dozen bureaus and agencies, including the National Weather Service, the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Raimondo would oversee the work of more than 40,000 employees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Gov. 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