CHAIRMAN ISSA STATEMENT ON OBAMA NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

(WASHINGTON) — House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s nomination of John Bryson to serve as Secretary of Commerce:

“With gas prices at nearly four dollars a gallon, it’s certainly eye-catching that President Obama has nominated a founder of an organization that opposes efforts to increase domestic oil production to serve as the nation’s key advocate for our economic interests. The nomination of John Bryson to lead the Department of Commerce seems deeply out-of-touch with our current energy challenge.

“Another green evangelist pushing failed talking points on the cap-and-trade energy tax and European style gas prices is not who most Americans want to have at the helm of efforts to expand trade and grow our economy.”

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