Senators Enzi and Whitehouse Offer Bipartisan Reforms to Fix Broken Budget Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Committee member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced bipartisan legislation to fix the federal government’s broken budget process. The Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act would provide a more orderly, deliberative budget process focused on long-term fiscal planning. It would end the brinksmanship surrounding the […]
Chairman Enzi: Better Financial Management Will Lead to Better Budgets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) said it was important to learn what the federal government is doing well in terms of federal financial management, and what opportunities exist for further improvements during a hearing today focused on the federal government’s efforts to meet the requirements of the Chief Financial Officers […]
Joint Statement from Chairman Enzi and Ranking Member Womack Opposing H.R. 2440
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) issued the following statement today expressing opposition to H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF): “The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, which increased spending caps for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, […]
Chairman Enzi: Soaring Deficits Show Our Fiscal Path is Unsustainable
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released the following statement today after the Department of Treasury issued its monthly treasury report showing the federal government’s deficit rising by more than 26 percent from last year to $984 billion: “Today’s report shows that our nation’s current fiscal path is unsustainable. In the […]
Chairman Enzi: Pension Bailout Would Leave Taxpayers Holding the Fiscal Bag
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a speech on the floor of the United States Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) warned that a House of Representatives-passed bill, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Plans Act of 2019, would bail out some of the worst-funded multiemployer plans at taxpayers’ expense. “My concern with this bill is not just […]
Enzi: Scorekeeping Reports Will Foster Fiscal Transparency in Federal Spending Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) announced the release of the October 2019 Senate scorekeeping report. That report tracks the budgetary impact of legislation approved by Congress against the deemed budgetary numbers included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires the Chairmen of […]
Enzi: America’s Fiscal Path is Unsustainable
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a speech on the floor of the Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) continued to raise alarm bells that America’s current fiscal course is unsustainable. Enzi noted that in the first 11 months of the fiscal year, federal revenue increased by 3 percent compared to the same period last year, […]
Enzi: Growth in Spending Continues to Outpace Revenue
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today said it is clear the nation has a spending problem as a recent report shows once again that high levels of federal spending continue to outpace revenue. A new report from the Department of Treasury showed that year-to-date revenues were up 3.4 percent, while […]
Enzi Questions NASA on Ballooning Costs for Major Space Programs
CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST UPDATE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) this week questioned the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) over continued reports of cost growth and schedule delays in the agency’s major projects. Enzi was particularly concerned that the cost and schedule performance of the projects “continues to deteriorate,” according […]
Enzi Releases Ideas to Fix Broken Congressional Budget and Spending Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today released several proposals to fix America’s broken budget and spending process gleaned from hearings and meetings with members of Congress, state officials, the administration, and stakeholder groups. Enzi noted the proposals reflect suggestions from members of both sides of the aisle and from groups […]