Roy Littlefield, executive vice president of the Tire
Industry Association (TIA), was invited to meet with
members of President Barack Obama's National Commission
on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to discuss economic
policy, the budget deficit, the nation’s economic
outlook, how public policy drives the deficit, and how
budget cuts will impact future policy.
The meeting took place May 18 in Washington, DC.
Littlefield met with commission members Judd Gregg, a
former U.S. Senator (R-N.H.) and chairman of the Senate
Budget Committee; David Cote, chairman and CEO of
Honeywell; and Andy Stern, former president of the
Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
Obama created the bipartisan National Commission on
Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to address the
country’s economic challenges. The commission is
assigned to identify policies to improve the financial
situation in the medium-term and to achieve fiscal
sustainability over the long run.
After the meeting, Littlefield said, “As members of the
President’s commission seek bipartisan solutions to what
soon could become a crippling national crisis, I was
impressed that the commission had the respect for both
TIA and the tire industry to seek our comments,
suggestions and concerns on topics ranging from health
care, to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security,
regulations, trade, tariffs and small business
concerns.”
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