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CLINTON: The Council on Competitiveness

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                           THE WHITE HOUSE                    Office of the Press Secretary  For Immediate Release                          January 22, 1993                          January 21, 1993                    MEMORANDUM FOR THE ACTING DIRECTOR                     OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET  The Council on Competitiveness, established March 31, 1989,  terminated on January 20, 1993.  Pending completion of a review, existing Executive orders on  regulatory management will continue to apply.  You are directed to  request the agencies described in section 1(d) of Executive Order  12291 to assure that in publishing regulations, and subject to such  exceptions as the Director or the Acting Director of the Office of  Management and Budget determines to be appropriate, all regulations  must first be approved by an agency head or the designee of an agency  head who, in either case, is a person appointed by me and confirmed  by the Senate.                                     WILLIAM J. CLINTON                                # # #

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                          THE WHITE HOUSE                    OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT       For Immediate Release                        January 22, 1993                 Statement of Vice President Al Gore       Today, we are sending a clear message to the special interests  who used the Council on Competitiveness as a back-door to avoid the  law. That back door is closed. No longer will special interests  receive special favors. No longer will our laws be ignored or  undermined. No longer will decisions that should be made in public be  made in private. In this Administration everyone will play by the  rules and public decisions will be public information.       The Council on Competitiveness was founded on a false choice;  that the interests of workers, consumers, and the environment  conflict with the goal of economic growth. And, rather than  reconciling those objectives in public, the past Administration used  the Council on Competitiveness as an excuse for special favors for  narrow interests and back-room decisions. We are committing ourselves  to a process that will serve the American people honestly, openly,  and with respect for the law and their safety.       President Clinton and I today reaffirm our strong support for  policies that recognize we must ensure environmental protection to  have strong economic growth.

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