Commerce Secretary Refutes Notion That Unemployment Relief Impedes Job Growth | Talking Points Memo

… "But if you look nationally, wages aren't going up. People are still telling us the number one reason they're not going back to work is fear due to the virus. And more people were looking for work last month than the month before," Raimondo said. "So we are — I am engaged with businesses constantly listening, monitoring. But at the moment, it doesn't seem to be that that's the major impediment."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/commerce-secretary-raimondo-unemployment-relief-job-growth

Wilbur Ross allegedly swindled $120 million from associates and 'could rank among the biggest grifters in American history,' according to a bombshell Forbes report - Business Insider

US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has allegedly swindled associates out of more than $120 million, according to a new bombshell report from Forbes. The magazine interviewed 21 former colleagues, many of whom say he has a propensity to filch money for himself. ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/wilbur-ross-120-million-grift-allegations-in-bombshell-forbes-report-2018-8

Trump's Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross rich-splains Trump's tariffs as a 'diet' for the masses - Daily Kos

When it comes to Donald Trump's entourage of administration millionaires, no one routinely betrays themselves as more inconceivably out of touch with the pedestrian masses than Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Ross' skills have been especially magnificent when it comes to channeling the pain of Americans struggling to put food on the table under the weight of Trump's tariff regime. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1784900

U.S. Commerce Official Still Holds Stake in Company Linked to Putin Associates — ProPublica

The chief of staff for Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Wendy Teramoto, still owns a stake in a shipping company tied to associates of Vladimir Putin, despite the fact that her former role as a board member for the same company prompted six Senate Democrats to request an investigation into her apparent conflicts of interest last month. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/u-s-commerce-official-still-holds-stake-in-company-linked-to-putin-associates#138521

Trump’s Commerce Secretary Owns Stake in Russian Companies While He Oversees Potential Sanctions | Alternet

Another day, another conflict of interest.....
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/wilbur-ross-russia-scandal

Slate: Trump’s Commerce Pick Has Offshored U.S. Jobs and Thinks a Couple Earning $50,000 Can Afford a Nanny

Nobody cares about the secretary of commerce—at least usually. The job is something a figurehead position, loosely tasked with promoting American industry, which typically involves a schedule packed with overseas photo ops.

Wilbur Ross will not be your usual commerce secretary. The billionaire private equity investor, who advised the Trump campaign and whom Donald Trump has picked to run what is usually an executive-branch backwater, may well end up being one of the most influential economic voices within the incoming administration....
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/12/01/meet_wilbur_ross_trump_s_commerce_secretary_pick_who_has_off_shored_u_s.html