The White House released a statement today regarding President Obama’s selection of former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, and former Republican Senate Whip Alan Simpson, to head the newly created Bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Read the full text after the jump.WASHINGTON – Today, President Obama will sign an executive order establishing the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and announce that former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Senate Whip Alan Simpson will serve as the Commission’s co-chairs.
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