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Highway Funding Bill Contains Key Budget Reform

At the request of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), the long-term highway funding legislation approved by the United States Senate contains a key budget reform that, if enacted, would ensure funds are spent only on transportation priorities. The budget reform provision included in the Highway Trust Fund bill is an important first step to help ensure unused funding authority will not be used for non-transportation purposes or become a budget gimmick for more government spending.

BUDGET BULLETIN: Appropriations Status Report – FY 2016 Budget and Spending Bills

The Senate Budget Committee today released its July 28, 2015 issue of the Budget Bulletin focused on the FY 2016 Balanced Budget Resolution and its role in the appropriations process. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy.

Enzi Requests CBO Report on Current Impact of Balanced Budget Resolution

At the request of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report for July 2015 that tracks the budgetary impact of enacted legislation against the FY 2015 deemed budget resolution and the FY 2016 balanced budget resolution recently approved by Congress. CBO will release similar reports after each recess work period to provide a status update on Congress’ progress against the budget resolution plan, which the Chairman will provide to the public and can be used for enforcement of budget points of order.

Enzi: U.S. Must Learn From Greek Crisis Before It Is Too Late

With Greece sinking from the financial weight of its excessive government debt, Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), wants to know what lessons can be learned so that America doesn’t find itself in a similar financial disaster. Questioning Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall during a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Enzi said he knows from experience that solving problems early is usually less expensive than solving problems late.

Enzi statement on the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision

“For too long, the debate over health care has placed politics before the best interests of patients. We need a health system that expands coverage and promotes quality patient-centered care, while actually bringing costs down,” said Senator Mike Enzi, R- Wyo.

Senate Budget Committee Approves Toomey Bill to Boost Funds for Crime Victims

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Senate Budget Committee today approved legislation, sponsored by Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), that would direct hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funds to victims of child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other crimes. The bill, S.1495 – Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2015, ensures that money deposited into the Crime Victims Fund will go to crime victims, not to other discretionary spending.

Enzi: True Regulatory Reform Can Help All Americans Grow and Prosper

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today, during a joint hearing with the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on regulatory reform, said Congress has a responsibility to help make it easier for hardworking Americans to grow their businesses or advance in their jobs, instead of worrying about inefficient and ineffective regulations.