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Senate Panel Approves Raimondo Nomination To Lead Commerce

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021

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Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D), President Joe Biden's nominee to be Secretary of Commerce. Photo: Rhode Island Governor's office

A Senate panel on Wednesday easily approved the nomination of Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) to be the Biden administrations Secretary of Commerce. Raimondo’s nomination vote in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee passed on a 21 to 3 vote. The nomination now heads to the full Senate for consideration. There are concerns, at least among some Republicans, that Raimondo hasn’t been clear about maintaining a Trump administration prohibition on U.S. companies doing business with Chinese telecommunications company…

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