求一句话的句子分析及句意

题目

求一句话的句子分析及句意
i applaud the Senate for voting to confirm him to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
Secretary of Commerce for Technology
整句话怎么理解
补充一题：
the _____ issue by correspondence is not whether we should do it but whether we can do it.
A.argumentative B.controversial C.debate D.disputable
选B

答案

我要为参议院投票批准他成为商务部主管技术贸易的副部长而鼓掌.Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology,即美国商务部主管技术贸易的副部长.
第二句的意思是“来函中争议的是我们应不应该做而不是我们能不能做.”