Sessions: Point Of Order Loss Would Be A Blow To Minority Rights
“I remain deeply concerned about a provision in the legislation that undermines the right of Senators to enforce spending limits and block tax increases by raising a key point of order… In the aftermath of the nuclear option, this further erosion of Senators’ rights should be opposed by members of both parties.”
Sessions Confirms Spending Deal Would Strip A Key Protection For Senate Minority Rights
“I regret to say that this bill clearly and unequivocally undermines the ability of the Senate to maintain agreed-upon statutory spending limits.”
Sessions, Senate’s Top GOP Budget Member, Opposes Spending Deal
“This legislation is not a budget and was never formally considered, crafted, or voted upon by the conferees. I appreciate the hard work Chairman Ryan and Chairman Murray put into their deal, but I am not able to support it.”
Sessions Asks Obamaphone Fund Managers For Info On Program Costs, Expenses
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, today released a letter that he sent to the acting chief executive officer of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), which is the organization responsible for managing the Universal Service Fund used to pay for programs such as Obamaphones. An identical letter was […]
Sessions Questions Taxpayer Handouts To Unprofitable Solar Company
“The financial pressures related to a private company’s survival should not cause the federal government to modify its policies or place additional taxpayer money at risk… There is concern that SolarCity might become the next Solyndra—a company propped on the back of the taxpayers.”
Sessions Issues Remarks On Second Budget Conference Hearing
“The President says the problem is with the American people. They must send more money. But, Washington has no right to ask taxpayers for a single additional dollar as long as this waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars continues.”
HHS Reverses Course, Reissues Obamacare Prison Contract To Same No-Bid Company
“A special program to enroll prisoners on Obamacare cannot be justified in light of hundreds of millions already being spent on ‘Navigators’ and enrollment ‘Assisters.’”
Sessions Delivers Opening Statement At First Budget Conference Meeting
“For the past five years, we have had record deficits. This was the Democratic vision for restoring vigorous growth and lasting prosperity… We have added $6.9 trillion to our debt. It has not worked. Never has so great a sum been spent for so little in return.”
Following Sessions’ Inquiry, HHS Quietly Scraps No-Bid Contract For Chicago Company To Promote Obamacare To Prisoners
“It defies common sense that the Administration would create a special prisoner program in light of the millions spent already on [enrollment efforts]… Who knows how many similar efforts are being undertaken that the public never finds out about?”
Sessions Asks Agencies To Provide Data On Costly Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisitions
“President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum requiring that all light duty vehicle purchases or leases qualify as [alternative fuel vehicles]. Other executive orders require an increase in alternative fuel consumption, 10 percent annually, and a 30 percent reduction in petroleum consumption… The goals might be impractical [or] too costly…
It may be necessary for Congress and the Executive Branch to reassess the move toward AFV. This information is critical for us to make that determination and should help agencies better manage their fleets, something GAO has already identified as problematic.”