Biden touts gender parity and diversity of his Cabinet By: CNN
By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced key nominees for his economic and jobs team, including Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for commerce secretary and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for labor secretary.
The two picks mark the completion of Biden s announcements for his Cabinet secretary nominees, and come less than two weeks from the President-elect s inauguration.
Biden touted the diversity and historic firsts in his Cabinet, and said he had fulfilled his promise of having his Cabinet look like America. This will be the first Cabinet ever that is evenly composed with as many women as men in the Cabinet. This will be the first Cabinet ever with the majority of people of color occupying this Cabinet, the President-elect said. He noted his nominees would, if confirmed, include the first female treasury secretary, the first African Amer
Guzman is director of California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate, a post she has held since April 2019. Previously, Guzman worked at the SBA under former President Obama as deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to the administrator.
Small businesses have been hit particularly hard due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the SBA under President Trump
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Guzman, if confirmed, would oversee any extensions to the loan program, which was intended to provide small businesses with forgivable loans to keep their businesses afloat and keep employees on their payrolls.
The program just received a $284 billion injection from the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill passed in December.
Biden Taps Isabel Guzman to Lead Small Business Administration
Guzman is a California economic development official and former deputy chief of staff at SBA As President-elect Joe Biden works to fill key roles in his administration, WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib outlines four characteristics of the prospective team. Photo: Laura Kammermann By Updated Jan. 7, 2021 1:59 pm ET
WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Isabel Guzman, a California economic development official, to lead the Small Business Administration, according to people familiar with the matter.
Ms. Guzman was a senior official at the SBA during the Obama administration, serving as deputy chief of staff. In 2019, she became the director of California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate, where she helped implement a grant program for businesses affected by the pandemic.
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Biden Picks Rhode Island Governor For Commerce, Boston Mayor For Labor - Sources
Presidentelect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, people familiar with the choices told Reuters on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as his Commerce Department secretary and former union official and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary, people familiar with the choices told Reuters on Thursday.
The two Democrats will head sprawling agencies that will shape Biden’s agenda on climate change, technology, investment and the minimum wage and other workforce rules and policies.
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