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i'm honored to introduce wilbur ross a fellow floridian and he is president-elect trump's nominee for secretary of commerce. i also want to thank you and senator nelson for allowing me this honor especially, as you said, i enjoyed serving on this committee for the past six years. to say mr. ross has extensive business experience working in the private sector i believe is quite an understatement. for more than half a century now there is virtually no part of the american economy in which he has not created jobs. this includes industries such as airplanes, apparel, auto parts, beer, banking, cards, electric utilities, food service, mortga mortgages, oil and gas. rail manufacturing and shipping and textiles and trucking. in all mr. ross has been chairman or lead director of more than 100 companies opera operating in more than 100 different countries. he would bring this real world experience to a departments who mission is fundamentally about expanding opportunities for american entrepreneurs and workers all over the world. despite his professional commitments in the private sector, mr. ross has also devoted time to public service answering the call fro

because bill nelson of florida, thanked ross for being forthcoming about the matter. wait a minute. you think i am going to give bill nelson a break you bill nelson should be held accountable. thanks for being forthcoming. 866-801-8255 is our number. 866-801-8255. joe madison on sirius xm. the caller from ohio wouldn't answer the question. it was an honest question. he wouldn't answer yes or no or even say i am disappointed somebody hired an undocumented worker. he wouldn't answer that or no, i am not disappointed, he wouldn't answer it and then when asked about $15,000 in unpaid taxes and that is federal, the same person -- i haven't even paid state taxes come out of south carolina. i waiting for that bill to come in. it is a drop in the bucket till april come in and sit down. i am sorry. >> they are plugged in over there. if you just -- joe: no problem. >> don't know what that is going to do. joe: you don't want to see the wings. if they are using it, don't worry, let them decide. april, come to the right. how are you? thank you for coming in. what did you do with y

nelson for any opening remarks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. wilbur ross and hillary ross, we welcome you both to the committee. i want to congratulate you on your nomination. you and the incumbent have some of the most extensive financial holdings of any nominees before this committee. after reviewing your financial disclosure and ethics agreement, it is my understanding that you have agreed to divest the vast majority of your personal holdings and resigned from nearly 50 boards and organizations. i believe that's the right thing today too. i want to know that you are committed to doing the right thing by placing the public's interest ahead of your own. it's my hope that president trump will follow your lead and the example that you set to eliminate any business dealings that could pose potential conflicts of interest. now, in recent years, the secretary post has not been one of the most sought for one of the most appreciated positions in washington. i have a feeling that is about to change in a big way. as the president of elect has indicated, he will lo

david: wilbur ross is before the senate. senator nelson of florida questioning him now. ed china the most for technician -- protect mitch -- the most protectionist of world economic economies. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets." i am david gura. vonnie: and i am vonnie quinn. president-elect donald trump dig events to claims made by some of the media that the recent job announcements were not all because of him. he tweeted today -- totally biased as nbc news went out of its way to say that big announcement about jobs commitment to the u.s. had nothing to do with trump -- more fake news. top ceo's of those companies came back because of me. bloomberg took a similar look at these claims. joining as is rick clough. how are you? let's look at the claims and debunk them if they are to be debunked. >> it does appear that most of them probably cannot be attributed to trump. that is not to say all of them are bogus, but a lot of them seem to be repackaged versions of earlier announcements. you have a lot of the announcements recently, and companies are clearl

i'm going to play you a brief sound bite were senator nelson, democrat from florida is asking wilbur ross to become commerce secretary. he's asking him about rising sea levels. watch this. >> do you consider the rise of sea level as valid scientific data? >> it's very hard to parse which part of data is why appeared but in general, i think that they would be a very big report forthcoming every three years they send a report to the international climate group. that should be coming out very, very shortly and i think will be very, very interesting to see what they're updated findings are. stuart: i thought that was a pretty good response. i don't think wilbur ross was expecting questions about rising sea levels. pick up the question and i'd did he answered it rather well. >> he's in the wrong hearing room. scott pruett exactly. stuart: revolt that soundbite as a demonstration of the length to which democrats opposing republican nominees will go to put out some dirt on never catch the nominee. ashley: it's all they've got. these guys are going to get through. true >> is the job to make it ea

nelson for any remarks he would like to make. >> mr. chairman. mr. wilbur ross and mr. hillary -- missile reebok's the one to congratulate you on your nomination you and interestingly the incumbent has some of the most financial holdings of any nominees before this committee. after reviewing your potential disclosure and ethics agreement is my eighth of understanding you have an agreed to divest impersonal holdings and resign 50 boards and organizations. i believe that is the right thing to do and it tells me you are committed to place the public interest in the front of your own. it is my hope that president trope - - present trouble fall your leave with the example to eliminate any business dealings that could pose potential conflicts of interest in recent years the commerce -- commerce secretary post is not one of the most sought or appreciated positions in washington but i have the feeling that is about to change in a big way. as the president-elect has indicated, he will look to you to help lead the administration trade agenda. that is a departure from past commerc