Senate Proceeding 03-24-09 on Mar 24th, 2009 :: 0:04:10 to 0:07:45
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Maria Cantwell: for the expeditious approval of the 36th secretary of commerce and approving the nomination of former washington governor gary locke to that position. i have known gary locke for more than 20 years and i can say to my thing tonight by approving him for this job. he has helped our state broadband delivery service to

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Speech By: Maria Cantwell

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Maria Cantwell: rural communities. he uses his leadership for e-fund rates to develop a k-20 network, high speed network limping k-12 schools and universities across the state of washington and involved with public and private sector trade missions in promoting u.s. products abroad.

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Maria Cantwell: administration within commerce, he will put that expense toood use. part of that agency's mission is to provide for american companies abroad and it can mean the difference between whether major foreign sales opportunities go to u.s. companies or to foreign competitors.

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Maria Cantwell: and at noaa, over half of the department of commerce's budget, his prior experience with the complexity of puget and endangered salmon and the hazards of oil spills will be invaluable. as governor, he dealt with many of our most trying fishing issues and was in charge of

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Maria Cantwell: appointing the north specific fisheries magement council that has been recognized by many organizations, the u.s. oceans commission and the pew ocean commission as one of the best managed fisheries in the world. governor locke has dealt with complexity, in addition, with

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Maria Cantwell: salmon species and getting the first legal developed regional salmon recovery plan for washington state. i know that expertise will be put to good uset noaa. many of my colleagues understand that there are challenges at the department of commerce. there are management challenges including digital transition

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Maria Cantwell: program to getting the noaa satellite program on track to wisely investing $7 billion of broadband grants as part of the american recovery and reinvestment act. and i know that governor locke, who has never shied away from management talents, will put his expertise to good work making sure the programs are

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Maria Cantwell: implemented effectively. he worked with our state after the tech bubble crisis with democrats and republicans to come up with a budget and spending reduction proposals that were unpopular at the time but what the state budget need. and i know he will continue in the same bipartisan fashion as secretary of commerce. i believe that governor locke

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Maria Cantwell: will help round out the president's economic team. he is some one that understands the challenges many americans face as we try to stabilize our economy. governor locke, born and raised in public housing, combined an intense work ethic and part-time jobs and financial aid and graduated from yale university

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Maria Cantwell: in a subsequent law degree from boston university and became the first chinese american elected governor in the united states when he was elected to governor of the state of washington. he is a testament to the men dream. and -- to the american dream. so i hope as we have approved this nomination that he will get started immediately on helping

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Maria Cantwell: our economy return to robust economic growth and using the great resources he has demonstrated as former governor of washington state, to help our economy here and to continue the great efforts of making sure