Farewell Message from Secretary of Commerce Raimondo

when President Biden asked me to serve in his cabinet he said let's rebuild American manufacturing together and over the past 4 years we've done exactly that and we've done so much more 4 years ago we inherited a country in crisis we were just coming out of a pandemic millions of Americans were out of work families were struggling and Americans were hurting we didn't have any time to waste at the Commerce Department we got right to work work investing in communities all around this country and lifting up Americans over the last 4 years we've delivered billions in targeted economic relief to communities all across the country through the build back better and good jobs challenges we launch chips for America investing $50 billion to bring back semiconductor manufacturing create good paying jobs and strengthen our national security we launched our internet for all program to invest 50 bill ion dollar to connect every American with affordable high-speed internet we made historic Investments through Noah to make sure communities were resilient in the face of climate change we launched the indopacific economic framework bringing together 14 countries across the region to solidify our economic ties strengthen our supply chains and so much more we took historic action around AI ensuring we harness the incredible potential potential of AI while protecting people and mitigating the risks and by the way that's not all we've done as I wrap up my time here as Secretary of Commerce I am grateful for President Biden's leadership and for the leadership of Vice President Harris I'm especially and deeply grateful to the 50,000 hardworking dedicated civil servants here at the Department of Commerce who have chosen to apply their skills to serve their country and most of all I'm grateful to the American people for this opportunity to serve it truly has been the honor of my lifetime