Sessions, Upton Press HHS For Answers On ‘Unlawful’ Risk Corridor Payments
“Under current law, payments made under the risk corridor program would constitute an unlawful transfer of potentially billions of taxpayer dollars… Without an explicit appropriation, any money spent on the risk corridor program… could be held in violation of the Antideficiency Act.”
Sessions: 7 Million People Have Left The Workforce Since The President Took Office
“There are still 3.2 million fewer full-time employed persons than there were in 2007. Since President Obama came into office in 2009, 7.2 million people have left the workforce entirely. One out of every six men aged 25–54 is not working.”
Sessions: Burwell’s OMB Record Demonstrates She Should Not Be Placed In Charge Of Obamacare
“This position demands that we find one of the best and most respected health care experts in the world. Ms. Burwell is, sadly, not that person. Obamacare was passed into law on a series of egregious falsehoods, and the American people are now paying the steepest of prices.”
Ranking Member Sessions Comments On The Nomination Of New OMB Director
“The Office of Management and Budget should be one of the least political departments of government. But the President has made it into one of the most political… What we need in this position is someone who will demonstrate political independence and finally tell the American people the bitter truth about how badly their finances are being handled.”
Sessions Delivers Opening Statement On Economic Challenges Facing American Women
“Over the past year we have held a number of informative hearings in the Budget Committee, all leading to one conclusion: American workers are suffering in President Obama’s economy… We need a new economic strategy that grows the middle class—not the government—and puts the needs of women and all American workers first.”
Sessions Comments On Yellen Testimony Before The Budget Committee
“Not only did the Fed not avert the 2007 crisis, but its policies helped to foster it. And while the big firms were bailed out and the big spenders in Washington quickly frittered away a trillion dollars of borrowed stimulus, the American worker soldiered on in a weak economy. We can’t pump our way to prosperity…”
Sessions Delivers Opening Remarks At Hearing With Fed Chair Janet Yellen
“No government regulator, no matter how intelligent, can see into the future or micromanage the economy… In 2011, the Fed forecasted growth of between 3.5 and 4.3 percent in 2013. Actual growth was an anemic 1.9 percent—roughly half. This is a drastic over-estimation, not a small miss…
While the stimulus mindset in Washington has at least, so far, been better for the investor class and the political class, it has not been good for the working class. Not only has this stimulus failed American workers, but it has left us with record debt and an economy dependent on unprecedented policies that cannot continue.”
Sessions: Murray Filed Budget Numbers To Spend $19 Billion More This Year
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the deemed budget allocations that Chairman Patty Murray was required to file in the Congressional Record as a condition of the Ryan-Murray spending deal: “I’m disappointed that Senate Democrats have chosen to make yet another end-run around […]
Sessions Delivers Opening Statement At Hearing On President’s Education Budget
“More federal money is not a substitute for the support of a family or community, for the value of a role model or mentor, or the quality of a great teacher. More money cannot make a student do his homework or show up on time to class. More money won’t ensure that a teacher will use the best methods… Better results must be the goal.”
Ranking Member Sessions Statement On April Jobs Report
“These larger workforce departures point to a more fundamental and deeply alarming trend in our economy: 58 million working-age Americans are simply not working.”