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The following is a transcript of an interview with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo that aired on Face the Nation on September 3, 2023.ROBERT COSTA: We now go to the Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Good morning, Secretary. Thanks for being here. Let s begin with the economy. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the jobs report for August, and people around their tables this weekend are looking at it. It shows 187,000 jobs were added last month, exceeding expectations. But more people are working more than one job. How worried are you about this SECRETARY GINA RAIMONDO: Good morning, thanks for having me. This jobs report is exactly what we want to see at this point in the recovery. As you just said, you know, creating more jobs, really exciting is that people are getting off of the sidelines. You know, we re seeing more people come into the labor force and there are jobs stanley cup for them. As you say, people are working, you know, more than one job and wages are up, it should be said, but this is exactly why President Biden is so focused on creating manufacturing jobs, which are higher paid, getting folks the skills they need to get a higher p water bottle stanley aying job. There s still a lot of work to do to make sure that every American has the skills they need to get a job, which is family support and sustaining. But- and we re doing that work. But overall, there s a lot to lik stanley website e in this jobs report. And it s exactly- it exceeded our expectations. Tual Jeff Sessions to testify in open session before Senate Intelligence Committee
Updated 1:55 p.m. Eastern TimePresident Obama announced Friday that he is nominating Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. John s entire life has prepared him for this role, Mr. Obama said in announcing his decision in the Roosevelt Room at the White House Friday afternoon. He was joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Kerry, and Kerry s wife Teresa Heinz Kerry. Clinton, who is recovering from a concussion and suffering from a flu, was not present. Mr. Obama said she very much wanted to be here today, but s stanley cup he continues to recuperate. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, has widely been seen as the frontrunner for the position since U.N. ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration. Rice came under heavy fire stanley termoska from Republican senators for putting forth a flawed explanation of the events in the Sept. 11 consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya in the days after the attack.Kerry is expected to be confirmed with relative ease in the Senate. The 69-year-old senator is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is widely respected in Democratic foreign policy circles. A Vietnam veteran who spoke out against the war upon his return, Kerry was hailed by the president for havi stanley water jug ng played a central role in every major foreign policy debate for nearly three decades. He is not going to need a lot of on the job training, Mr. Obama said, pointing to Kerry s many connecti
The following is a transcript of an interview with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo that aired on Face the Nation on September 3, 2023.ROBERT COSTA: We now go to the Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Good morning, Secretary. Thanks for being here. Let s begin with the economy. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the jobs report for August, and people around their tables this weekend are looking at it. It shows 187,000 jobs were added last month, exceeding expectations. But more people are working more than one job. How worried are you about this SECRETARY GINA RAIMONDO: Good morning, thanks for having me. This jobs report is exactly what we want to see at this point in the recovery. As you just said, you know, creating more jobs, really exciting is that people are getting off of the sidelines. You know, we re seeing more people come into the labor force and there are jobs stanley cup for them. As you say, people are working, you know, more than one job and wages are up, it should be said, but this is exactly why President Biden is so focused on creating manufacturing jobs, which are higher paid, getting folks the skills they need to get a higher p water bottle stanley aying job. There s still a lot of work to do to make sure that every American has the skills they need to get a job, which is family support and sustaining. But- and we re doing that work. But overall, there s a lot to lik stanley website e in this jobs report. And it s exactly- it exceeded our expectations. Tual Jeff Sessions to testify in open session before Senate Intelligence Committee
Updated 1:55 p.m. Eastern TimePresident Obama announced Friday that he is nominating Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. John s entire life has prepared him for this role, Mr. Obama said in announcing his decision in the Roosevelt Room at the White House Friday afternoon. He was joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Kerry, and Kerry s wife Teresa Heinz Kerry. Clinton, who is recovering from a concussion and suffering from a flu, was not present. Mr. Obama said she very much wanted to be here today, but s stanley cup he continues to recuperate. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, has widely been seen as the frontrunner for the position since U.N. ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration. Rice came under heavy fire stanley termoska from Republican senators for putting forth a flawed explanation of the events in the Sept. 11 consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya in the days after the attack.Kerry is expected to be confirmed with relative ease in the Senate. The 69-year-old senator is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is widely respected in Democratic foreign policy circles. A Vietnam veteran who spoke out against the war upon his return, Kerry was hailed by the president for havi stanley water jug ng played a central role in every major foreign policy debate for nearly three decades. He is not going to need a lot of on the job training, Mr. Obama said, pointing to Kerry s many connecti
