[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 42 (Monday, October 25, 1993)]
[Page 2111]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for an Assistant Secretary of Energy

 October 19, 1993

    The President announced his intention to nominate Christine Ervin, 
currently director of the Oregon department of energy, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
    ``We must expand our efforts to use energy more efficiently and to 
develop new, renewable sources of energy,'' said the President. ``Having 
an Assistant Secretary of Energy with Christine Ervin's wide range of 
experience will help us to move that process forward.''

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