President Obama proposes the same failed policies
Today, the White House released President Obama’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2016 – a proposal that never balances and includes a $2.4 trillion spending increase, a $2.1 trillion tax increase and adds $8.5 trillion to the national debt. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) […]
Member Comments and Staff Analysis Of The Congressional Budget Office’s Budget And Economic Outlook, 2015–2025
“Political differences shouldn’t prevent us from taking bold, decisive action to address America’s dire financial outlook. Republicans and Democrats agree that being $18 trillion in debt today and facing the prospect of spending more than $800 billion a year on interest payments alone does not lend itself to a prosperous future for our country. CBO’s […]
New Budget chair says budget projections show need for urgent course correction
“The Congressional Budget Office’s new figures show our failure to root out wasteful spending and live within our means.”
Sessions Comments On Committee Plans For 2015
“We have talked and I am deferring to his seniority so that he can lead the Budget Committee as its Chairman beginning in 2015. Mike graciously deferred to me two years ago after he timed out on HELP as Ranking Member, and it has been my enormous privilege to serve as the panel’s Ranking Member these last four years…”
Sessions: Restoring Opportunity For American Workers Highest Priority For New GOP Congress
“While there was some modest improvement in this morning’s jobs report headline, millions of Americans felt another month go by out of work and with little hope of finding a job. The report gives the appearance of progress, but progress is hard to establish when the country has more people overall but less people working.”
Sessions Lays Out Financial Agenda For New GOP Majority In Address To Coolidge Foundation Budget Conference
“The time has come for a humble and honest populism—not the cheap demagoguery of political operatives, but a sincere devotion to the legitimate needs and desires of the American people.”
Sessions: 12 Million More Americans Outside Workforce Today Than In 2009
“Three-fourths of Americans say we remain in a recession—and there are sound reasons for such personal beliefs. Declines in wages and the percentage of people actually working have been hammer blows to working families.”
GAO: Obama Admin Has No Legal Authority To Make Risk Corridor Payments Without Congressional Action
“I hope this nips in the bud any ideas this overreaching Administration might have of paying out money not appropriated by Congress. Such expenditures would violate bedrock separation of powers principles in the Constitution.”
Sessions Opposes Continuing Resolution
“Once again, we were asked to vote for a massive, catch-all bill to fund the entire government without an opportunity to meaningfully review it, and we were blocked by Leader Reid from offering a single amendment.”
Sessions Sounds Alarm Over HHS Policy Allowing Welfare Cash To Be Withdrawn In Marijuana Stores
“I was surprised to learn that HHS says it ‘has no authority to prescribe policies and practices… to prohibit the use of TANF benefit cards at marijuana stores.’ I intend to introduce legislation to address this problem… I will also be following up with HHS to make sure they are taking the steps necessary to stop this dangerous misuse of taxpayer-funded benefits.”