Jeff Bingaman: “I appreciate the managers of the bill agreeing to accept this amendment. The Competitiveness Policy Council [CPC], for…”

“I appreciate the managers of the bill agreeing to accept this amendment. The Competitiveness Policy Council [CPC], for which I am recommending just $100,000 of support in fiscal year 1996, has just published several reports which provide thoughtful commentary on our Nation's economy. These reports include three just recently released and titled ``Lifting All Boats: Increasing the Payoff From Private Investment in the American Economy'' by Harvard Business School professor, Michael Porter, and Salomon Inc. chairman, Robert E. Denham; ``U.S. Technology Policy: The Federal Government's Role'' by former Bush administration Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, Robert White; and ``Saving More and Investing Better,'' which concentrates on raising national savings and improving the way saving is allocated, or invested, in the private sector. During a time when we are struggling with important decisions about the role of Government in the economy--about what programs should be cut back, which should be nurtured--it seems to me that a bipartisan Council such as CPC, which produces the sorts of high-intellectual octane material that directly responds to choices we are making in our national economic framework, should receive our support.”