Gary Locke: “The challenge now is to capitalize on that energy and turn that enthusiasm into real permanent change in America.”

If we work in this way to improve the competitiveness of U.S. businesses and take care in monitoring compliance with our trade laws, the end result will be a strengthening of our international economic position, increased domestic job…

American companies are losing hundreds of millions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars every year in lost revenues, and that is tantamount to theft.

I will support our ongoing efforts to expand bilateral cooperation on a host of critical international issues, from climate change to stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials.

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