US SENATE CONFIRMS LUTNICK TO LEAD COMMERCE DEPARTMENT-Senator John Thune says Lutnick is an outcome-driven leader
The U.S. Senate voted 51-45 on Tuesday 18 February to confirm President Trump’s nominee Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, to run the Commerce Department.
The Commerce Department, which has 47,000 employees, is responsible for U.S. export controls, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, weather forecasting, fisheries, economic data, and investment promotion in the United States.
It also has oversight for the $52.7 billion CHIPS and Science semiconductor manufacturing and research subsidy program, and a $42 billion program to expand high-speed broadband to areas with little or no service.
Senator Thune commended President Trump’s pick referring to Lutnick as an outcome-driven leader.
