Gary Locke: “If you don't have a patent, you can't get the funding that you need to start that new business.”

I intend to integrate the work of the Department of Commerce toward a strategy of knowledge, innovation and sustainable economic growth.

The Census only happens once every 10 years and we need to get it right--no exceptions, no excuses.

The success of the Department of Commerce has never been more important to the success of the United States.

My goal is simple: to carry out the President's plan for economic recovery by putting every part of the Department of Commerce single-mindedly to work on saving American jobs and creating the jobs of the future.