WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh as his nominee for Labor secretary and Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo as his choice to head the Commerce Department, saying they would be part of an economic team tasked with mitigating the devastating impact of the pandemic on American workers and businesses.
The nominations came as the federal government reported the nation lost 140,000 jobs last month, the first decline since May, as coronavirus cases and deaths have surged.
“The anxiety and fear of the women and men out there reminds me of when President Obama and I were sworn in during the Great Recession in 2009,” Biden said at a Wilmington, Del., news conference, as he urged quick Senate confirmation of all his Cabinet picks. “With the pandemic raging, people are losing work and losing hope.”
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