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Budget Highlights Administration’s Commitment to Promote Jobs, Competitiveness and Environmental Stewardship

Washington (Feb. 4)—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez announced that the President’s FY 2009 Budget request of $8.18 billion for the U.S. Department of Commerce reflects the Bush Administration’s continuous efforts to promote job growth, competitiveness, and environmental stewardship. “The President’s Budget for the Commerce Department will further our goals of promoting economic growth, measuring American life, enforcing our trade laws, promoting innovation, predicting the weather and protecting our environmental resources such as our oceans.” (More) (Fact Sheet)