Thank you, Eric, for your leadership, partnership and for being with us tonight. Thanks to Meeks, Green, Ivey. Michigan’s fantastic Lt. Gov. Garland Gilchrist. It is great to be together this week of the CBC Annual Legislative Conference. As we all know, the Biden-Harris Administration has been historic and productive for the American people. We’re making major investments in infrastructure. We’re...

By Joe Wassel, Executive Director and CEO, First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Twenty-three years ago, America experienced a day unlike any other in our history. News of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, reverberated across our nation. Everyone was on high alert. No one knew where, when, or if another attack would happen. This...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo met with members of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (ACSCC). During the meeting, the Secretary provided a readout of the recent Supply Chain Summit , which was co-hosted this week by the Department of Commerce and the Council on Foreign Relations. She emphasized the importance of strengthening supply chain resilience and...

Department unveils first-of-its kind diagnostic supply chain risk assessment tool as Secretary Raimondo and Deputy Secretary Graves highlight how the Commerce Department is working to make America’s supply chains more resilient. Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), hosted the inaugural Supply Chain Summit. Bringing together leaders...

At the Supply Chain Summit, the Department of Commerce announced that the following actions will be undertaken by the Industry & Analysis (I&A) business unit within the International Trade Administration: New efforts to build the U.S. Government’s analytical capacity to understand and address supply chain risk: Launched SCALE Tool: Department of Commerce’s Supply Chain Center unveiled a first-of...

Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met with the Republic of Korea Minister of Trade Cheong In-kyo. During the meeting, Deputy Secretary Graves expressed the Commerce Department’s commitment to working with Minister Cheong and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to increase our trade and investment ties. The two also discussed ongoing collaboration through the U.S.-Korea Supply...

Thank you to the Association of Economists of Puerto Rico for hosting today. I look forward to discussing research opportunities to advance economic measurement and building statistical capacity by leveraging the newly established Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) here in Puerto Rico. People often think of the Department of Commerce as the Department of Business, but we’re much more...

Thank you for that introduction. Hello everyone! I’m so pleased to be back in Puerto Rico to join you all to mark this exciting occasion. I’d like to thank the Platform for Social Impact for hosting us today, and for their important work in bringing prosperity back to Puerto Rico. As many of you know, since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, the Department of Commerce has spearheaded a...