Sessions: Zients The Wrong Man For The Job—And For The Country
“I would respectfully urge the President to reconsider this appointment and to search the nation for someone with the caliber and stature necessary to fill this important post at this important time.”
Sessions Comments On August Jobs Report
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding this morning’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report that the economy added just 169,000 jobs during the month of August: “Today’s alarming jobs report should give policymakers in Washington pause. Several of the most worrisome trends in our […]
Sessions Presses FCC Over Loopholes And Abuse In ‘Obamaphone’ Program
“The failure to check applicants’ eligibility might be one of the reasons the Lifeline program has more than doubled in recent years—from $822 million in 2008 to over $2 billion in the latest annual report… [A recent] news article suggests serious flaws in this program. These public concerns must be addressed.”
Sessions Comments On July Jobs Report
“We need to refocus our economic policy in Washington to deal with the economic realities of our time. Instead, Washington continues to centralize power—helping the well-connected while punishing the average citizen.”
Immigration Policy As Corporate Welfare: Sessions Hits White House For Immigration Report That Shills For CEOs
“Perhaps we can finally have this debate out in the open—and dispense once and for all with the idea that the CEOs bankrolling the immigration push are concerned with anything other than reducing the cost of labor. It’s not about ‘reform’—it’s about profit…”
Sessions Delivers Opening Statement At Hearing On Defense Spending And Sequestration
“[Fifty] years ago, defense spending made up 46 percent of all federal spending… Just 17 percent of federal spending will go to defense this year… As a share of the economy, spending on defense will average 3 percent over the next 10 years… By FY 2023, the last year of the President’s budget, defense spending as a percent of GDP will hit a post-WWII low of 2.4 percent… [Even so,] the Department of Defense has already contributed to the nation’s deficit reduction efforts by cutting its proposed spending by nearly $500 billion to accommodate the initial round of Budget Control Act caps…
Let’s work together to stave off this unwise level of cuts to defense spending. It is important that we hold to the reasonable reductions in the rate of spending growth as set forth in the Budget Control Act, however. Congress should modify the mechanism to ensure shared sacrifices. Too many agencies were not required to tighten their belts at all.”
Senate And House Committee Republican Leaders Seek CBO Cost Estimate Of Obamacare Train Wreck
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined with Republican committee leaders in asking the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to analyze the budgetary effects of delaying Obamacare’s employer mandate and reporting requirements. Last week, the Obama Administration decided to ignore specific requirements in the health care law as mandated by […]
Sessions Comments On OMB Mid-Session Budget Review
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after the administration provided the annual budget update known as the Mid-Session Review: “Today’s updated budget report from the White House confirms that the president’s budget plan leaves us on an unsustainable fiscal path: despite a $1.1 trillion […]
Sessions Writes Colleagues Ahead Of Tonight’s Vote On How 1,200-Page Substitute Will Reduce Wages
“To whom do we owe our fidelity as Senators? The hardworking people of this country or the special interests groups whose provisions are tucked in every page of this bill? Now is a moment of great import for our chamber.”
Sessions: CBO Immigration Report Shows On-Budget Deficits Going Up, Not Down
“The CBO report unequivocally finds that even over the first 10 years of the bill (a period when many welfare benefits are denied to [newly legalized immigrants]), the ‘on-budget’ deficit will increase by $14.2 billion.”