RI Governor Raimondo makes her case to become Biden's commerce secretary
Katherine Gregg and Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo appeared virtually before a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday to pitch her qualifications for a promotion from Smith Hill to the political major leagues as President Joe Biden's commerce secretary.
There was no immediate vote after the two-and-a-half-hour hearing that tested Democrat Raimondo's knowledge and, at times, forced her to defend her much-touted Rhode Island record.
But Sen. Roger Wicker, the Mississippi Republican who chairs the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, told Raimondo: "I do not believe you will be serving as governor of the state of Rhode Island for very much longer."