Who need Congress? Obama just appoints his cabinet. Harry Reid won’t complain.
Gary Locke resigned as Secretary of Commerce on August 1, 2011 to become the U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. John Bryson is the current Secretary of Commerce and was appointed by President Obama and sworn into office on October 21, 2011.
John Bryson resigned as Secretary of Commerce on June 21, 2012.