News Release 2/25/97
THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release                                                                                 February 25, 1997


President Announces Formation of Capital Budget Commission


     Today, President Clinton announced the formation of a Capital Budget Commission to report to the President on how best to reflect and encourage public investment while maintaining strict fiscal discipline in the federal budget. This bipartisan Commission will review the appropriate role of capital investments in both current and future federal budgeting. As part of this review, it will examine capital budgeting practices in the private sector, in state and local governments, and in other countries.

     The President named Jon S. Corzine, Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Kathleen Brown, Senior Vice President and National Sales Marketing Director of the Investment Management Services Group at the Bank of America, as Co-Chairs of the Capital Budget Commission. Following consultation with the Co- Chairs and the congressional leadership, the President will make nine other bipartisan appointments to the Commission. The appointed members will include experts in public and private finance, government officials, and representatives of the labor and business communities.

     The Commission will adopt its report through majority vote of its full membership. It will submit its report to the National Economic Council by March 15, 1998, or within one year from its first meeting.

     President Clinton welcomed the Co-Chairs: "Making smart public investments while maintaining the fiscal discipline and good budgeting practices that encourage private investment is one of the critical challenges facing this nation. I am delighted that Jon S. Corzine and Kathleen Brown have agreed to serve their country and confront that challenge by chairing this bipartisan Commission. The American people will be well served by the leadership of two such distinguished Americans on this Commission."

     Jon S. Corzine has served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the investment banking firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co. since 1994. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Corzine was co-head of the Fixed Income division at Goldman, Sachs and had joint responsibility for the firm's finance and treasury functions. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1975, becoming a Vice President in 1977 and a General Partner in 1980.

     Mr. Corzine is a member of the Public Securities Association and served as its Chairman in 1986. He also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's International Capital Markets Advisory Committee. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1973 and his B.A. from the University of Illinois, where he was Phi Beta Kappa in 1969. Mr. Corzine served in the United States Marine Corps reserve in 1969-1970.

     Kathleen Brown has served as Senior Vice President and National Sales Marketing Director of the Investment Management Services Group at the Bank of America since 1994. From 1991 until 1994, she served as California's 28th Treasurer, responsible for managing the state's investment portfolio, and administering bond sales to finance schools, parks, prisons, housing, health facilities, and environmental programs.

     Ms. Brown's election as California Treasurer followed a career as a financial manager and public policy-maker. She was elected in 1975 and reelected in 1979 to the Los Angeles City Board of Education, the governing body of the nation's second-largest school district. In 1987, she was appointed to the Los Angeles Board of Public Works, which oversees the city's vital infrastructure. Brown is a graduate of Stanford University and Fordham University School of Law. She is married to Van Gordon Sauter, with whom she shares five grown children and three grandchildren.


Fact Sheet on Capital Budget Commission

The President has announced today that he will establish by Executive Order the formation of a Capital Budget Commission to report to the President on recommended practices for capital budgeting.

The Commission will be bipartisan, composed of 11 members including the two Co-Chairs, Jon S. Corzine and Kathleen Brown, designated today by the President. The nine other members of the Commission will be chosen by the President from among individuals with expertise in public and private finance, government officials, and leaders in the labor and business communities.

The Commission will report on the following:

The Commission will act and adopt its report through majority vote of its full membership. The Commission will send its report to the National Economic Council by March 15, 1998, or within one year from its first meeting. The National Economic Council will then forward it to the President.

The Commission will be an entity governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Members of the Commission will not be compensated but will receive travel expenses. The Commission may have a paid staff, including detailees from federal agencies.



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