Commerce Secretary talks stimulus | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/24/2009

Gary Locke, President Obama's secretary of commerce, came to the National Conference of State Legislators in Philadelphia like Santa Claus yesterday, talking up the federal stimulus.

"Washington will deploy $3 billion in grants to jumpstart the manufacture of electrical vehicle batteries and other energy-efficient cars," he told delegates at the Convention Center.

"Over $15 billion in grant funds for three visionary Recovery Act programs - broadband Internet, high-speed rail, and smart electrical grid . . . "