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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release January 3, 2001

PRESIDENT NAMES ROSS EDWARD EISENBREY AS A MEMBER OF THE OCCUPATIONAL

SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

President Clinton today announced the recess appointment Ross Edward Eisenbrey to serve as a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Mr. Ross Edward Eisenbrey, of Washington, D.C., has served as the Director of the Directorate of Policy at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) since 1998. Prior to his work at OSHA, Mr. Eisenbrey served as Associate Director of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Labor from 1993 to 1998. In addition, he served as General Counsel for Labor on the Committee on Education and Labor in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1993. He was a Legislative Director for Congressman William D. Ford (D-MI) from 1988 to 1990.

Mr. Eisenbrey received a B.A. from Middlebury College and a J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law.

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is an independent quasi-judicial agency established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The Commission is charged with ruling on cases forwarded to it by the Department of Labor when disagreements arise over the results of safety inspections performed by the Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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