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Commerce Secretary Nominee Howard Lutnick’s Senate Hearing Set for Jan. 29

Lutnick supports President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda. He has called tariffs ‘a bargaining chip.’
Commerce Secretary Nominee Howard Lutnick’s Senate Hearing Set for Jan. 29
Howard Lutnick attends Charity Day 2024 hosted by The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund at BGC Group in New York City, on Sept. 11, 2024. Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund
Jackson Richman
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The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced on Jan. 23 that it will hold its hearing on the nomination of Howard Lutnick to be secretary of commerce on Jan. 29.

“Howard Lutnick is an excellent choice to lead the Department of Commerce, and his vast experience will serve him well in his mission to promote America’s unlimited entrepreneurial spirit,” the committee’s chairman, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), said in a statement.

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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