A New Commerce Secretary: Let’s Hope He’s a Man Of His Word(s)
Yesterday, Feb.3, 2009, President Obama appointed the Republican Senator from New Hampshire, Judd Gregg, as the new Secretary of Commerce. In announcing the nomination (Gregg still has to be approved by the Senate) President Obama said:
“Clearly, Judd and I don’t agree on every issue [...] But we agree on the urgent need to get American businesses and families back on their feet. We see eye to eye on conducting the nation’s business in a responsible, transparent, and accountable manner.”
In accepting the nomination, Gregg himself said:
“The Commerce Department is a — has a broad and interesting portfolio, as the President outlined, but its primary goal must be to create jobs by promoting industry, promoting economic activity, and promoting excellence in science. And I intend to pursue those avenues aggressively.”
Well, thank you gentlemen.
If both of them conduct themselves by their word(s) then we can expect a new era of sensible regulation made using the best available science (“excellence in science”) and made considering the needless hardship that the previous administration’s regulatory practices often ignored while imposing overly strict and misguided regulation on hard working Americans in the commercial fishing industry.
We shall see and we shall be watching closely. Please don’t let us down, gentlemen.
