WASHINGTON – June 21, 2011 – At his confirmation hearing, Commerce Department Secretary nominee John Bryson attempted to put some distance between himself and the Natural Resources Defense Council, an organization he co-founded. Bryson said he’s proud of helping found the NRDC, which has taken controversial stances on fisheries issues, “But a lot has happened in the nearly four decades since,” Bryson said. As CEO of Edison International, he found himself “being opposed—and even sued—by the very group I had helped found."
Watch the video of the hearing at C-SPAN.