Statement by Assistant
to the President for Press Relations Fitzwater on the Report of the President's
Commission on Privatization
Today
the President received the report of the President's Commission on
Privatization. Chairman Linowes and members of the
Commission worked hard to prepare this final report, and they are to be
congratulated on an excellent achievement. The Commission's spirit
of bipartisanship, as well as the diverse backgrounds of its members, make
the Commission's forward-looking recommendations especially useful as we
consider what steps are needed to attain an appropriate division of
responsibilities between the Federal Government and the private sector.
The
work of the Commission on Privatization is close to the President's philosophy
of government. He campaigned for the Presidency on a platform of limited
government, and one of the earliest priorities of this administration was to
reestablish the proper relationship between the Federal Government, which had
grown too big and powerful, and the private sector. We are continuing those
efforts, and the Commission's report today is an important contribution to
them. The Commission's recommendations on privatization will prove greatly
helpful to this and future administrations and to the Congress in achieving a
proper balance between the public and private sectors. The President commends
the members of the Commission for an excellent achievement.