    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 11 (Monday, March 22, 1993)]
    [Pages 451-452]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Nomination of Mortimer L. Downey To Be Deputy Secretary of
    Transportation

     March 18, 1993

        President Clinton today announced his intention to nominate Mortimer
    L. Downey, the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the
    Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City, to be the Deputy
    Secretary of Transportation.

        ``There are few people in this country who can match the experience
    or the expertise

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    of Mortimer Downey,'' said the President. ``I am very pleased that he is
    joining Secretary Pena at a Department that will play a key role in
    implementing my economic plan, as well as in improving our Nation's
    transportation system.''

    Note: A biography of the nominee was made available by the Office of the
    Press Secretary.