Sessions: We Owe Vets ‘Swift, Diligent Action’ To Fix Pension Cuts
“I do not agree Congress can afford to wait to implement these fixes. Our military servicemembers answered the call of duty without hesitation. We owe them swift, diligent action to fix these unfair cuts with smarter and more intelligent offsets like those that have been proposed.”
Sessions: SOTU Message Undermined By President’s Wage-Depressing Policies
“Our urgent national mission is to begin transitioning… struggling workers into good jobs with rising wages. Instead, the President proposes to increase federal spending even more to sustain millions on welfare, while increasing lower-skilled immigration to take available jobs.”
Sessions Details Reid’s Subversion Of Senate’s Historic Role
“All of us owe our constituents an open, deliberative process where the great issues of the day are debated in full and open public view. Each Senator must stand and be counted.”
Sessions: More Work Needed To Fix Pensions For Veterans
“Unfortunately, Leader Reid and his conference blocked my effort to [close a tax welfare loophole] during the budget debate in December. I hope the majority will allow us to make this fix and stop shielding these illicit tax payments.”
Sessions Delivers Address On Poverty And Unemployment In America
“The president and his party remain fully committed to the policy regime that has failed. These policies have failed not just for the last five years but for the last 50 years.”
Ranking Member Sessions On Jobs Report: Nearly 5 People Left Workforce For Each 1 Job Added
“We must help people move off of welfare, off of unemployment, and into good-paying jobs that can support a family.”
Ranking Member Sessions Responds To Obama’s Speech On ‘Promise Zones’
“It represents an admission that five years of tax, spend, borrow, and regulate have produced economic misery for countless Americans.”
Ranking Member Sessions Comments On Passage Of Ryan-Murray Spending Package
“The Senate is supposed to function as a deliberative body where bills are carefully considered, amended, and debated. Instead, Majority Leader Reid rushed through this closed-door deal without a single amendment.”
Sessions Comments On Reid Majority Blocking Amendments To Budget Deal
“Today, Reid and his majority… voted to undermine their own ability as Senators to offer amendments and do legislative work in the clear light of day.”
As Senate Cuts Off Debate On Spending Deal, Sessions Discovers Military Retiree Provision Worse Than First Thought
“I hope the Senate will move to address the unbalanced treatment of our servicemembers before considering the legislation any further.”