Sessions: Under Obama, 13 Million More Adults But 7 Million Fewer Workers
“Twice as many people left the labor force last month as found jobs, and there are now 92.3 million people outside the workforce entirely.”
Sessions: 4 In 10 American Adults Not Working
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after the release of the July jobs report: “Our economy continues to perform at an unacceptable level: 4 in 10 U.S. adults are either unemployed or not in the workforce at all. Unemployment for Americans without a high […]
Sessions Details Case Against OMB Nominee Shaun Donovan
“There is nothing in his background to suggest that he is up to the task this urgent hour requires… His skill relates to spending taxpayer dollars rather than saving them. His record at HUD shows he spent money illegally, violating the Anti-Deficiency Act… When [he] was forced to admit… that the President’s budget plan would add $6 trillion to the public debt, he called the increase ‘nominal.’ It is precisely this cavalier attitude from government elites that are leading our nation to financial catastrophe…
So I would ask my colleagues: does this sound like the background of someone who is the right man for this job at this time?”
Sessions Asks Why Medicare Agency Can’t Prevent Fraud, Recover Known Improper Payments
“According to the latest available data from the Office of Management and Budget, Medicare issued more than $36 billion in improper payments between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012. In its Spring 2014 Semiannual Report to Congress, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) identified expected recoveries of more than $3.1 billion. In other words, only about 10 percent of identified improper payments will be recovered by the government… The Congress needs to know the steps that you are taking to reconcile these problems.”
Sessions On GDP Revision: ‘A Tragic Collision With Reality’
“The American economy is the victim of a tragic collision with reality. We are living out the truth that no amount of political rhetoric, professional spin, or expedient demagoguery can create a single job, produce a dime of prosperity, or boost opportunity for a single working person.”
Ranking Member Sessions Opposes Donovan Nomination To Head OMB
“In Mr. Donovan, we have an inexperienced nominee with a poor record of fiscal management and no demonstrated commitment to financial discipline.”
HHS Ignores Rule Of Law To Transfer Billions Of Dollars To Insurers Through PPACA Risk Corridor Program
“HHS now says that its entire legal authority to make risk corridor payments is predicated on the funds being treated as ‘user fees.’ But as recently as last year, the President’s budget deposited risk corridor payments into the Treasury general fund—conclusive proof that they are not user fees. HHS’ letter serves to confirm our suspicions.”
Sessions Testifies Before House Oversight Committee On HHS’ Lack Of Legal Authority To Make Obamacare Risk Corridor Payments
“Our research indicates that if Congress does not either provide a funding source through appropriations or grant the Administration new authority to shift funds around, then any risk corridor payments that HHS makes would be illegal. Should the Administration persist in doing so, it would be subject to prosecution under the Antideficiency Act.
The implementation of the President’s health law has been marked by a series of unilateral actions by the President and executive branch officials that undermine the rule of law and public confidence. This is part of a larger pattern of executive branch lawlessness and unilateralism that has caused great unease throughout the nation.”
Sessions Warns That HHS Risk Corridor Payments Under Obamacare Would Be Illegal
“The Obama Administration does not have the ability to divert money from programs that Congress has funded to one that it has not.”
Sessions Opening Statement At Hearing On The Nomination Of President’s Budget Director
“Whoever holds this job must be one of the toughest, strongest, most disciplined managers we have in America. So that is the question before us today: is Mr. Donovan that man?
OMB has consistently failed to meet many of its most basic obligations. Time and again, OMB has missed deadlines, ignored legal requirements, violated Congressional spending caps, and misrepresented financial data to Congress.”