Sessions: DHS Must Remove Welfare Promotions For New Immigrants
“Federal law prohibits the granting of visas to those likely to be welfare reliant, yet DHS actively promotes these benefits to millions of new arrivals every year. DHS knows this, which is perhaps why they refuse to comply with an oversight request on this very issue from the Ranking Members of four Senate Committees.”
Sessions Rebukes Secret Fiscal Cliff Talks; Warns Against 11th Hour Deal That Bypasses American People
“Secrecy cements the status quo: more spending, more debt, more runaway government. It is the enemy of accountability, change, and reform… That is why I am calling upon our leaders to guarantee that any plan to avert the fiscal cliff has one full week on the Senate floor with open amendment and debate.”
Ranking Member Sessions Congratulates Murray On Chairmanship; Calls For Action On Budget
“I hope to work with Senator Murray to find common ground… The Senate is supposed to be the world’s great deliberative body… Enough secret meetings and last-minute backroom deals. The Budget Committee should do its job, as the law requires, in the full, open, and public light of day. I hope Senator Murray will make that commitment.”
Sessions Reacts To President On Fiscal Cliff, Stresses Importance Of Welfare Reform In Fixing Entitlements
“Real entitlement reform requires welfare reform. A modest reduction in growth, along with improved standards and work requirements, can produce substantial savings and ensure resources are targeted to those in need.”
Sessions: Welfare Reform Must Be Part Of Fiscal Reform
“Experts on both sides of the aisle agree that we need a bare minimum of $4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years… There is the potential to achieve one quarter of [these savings] through welfare reform… Amazingly, welfare—the largest budget item—has been largely exempt from discussions of fiscal reform. A modest reduction in growth, along with improved standards and work requirements, can produce substantial savings.”
Sessions Comments On Budget Committee Finding On Jobs And Food Stamps Growth
“During [the President’s] time in office, 14.7 million people were added to the food stamp rolls. Over that same time, only 194,000 jobs were created—thus 75 people went on food stamps for every one that found a job.”
Sessions Comments On New GDP Figures, Significance Of White House Projections
““All of [President Obama’s] signature policies were implemented—and $5 trillion was added to our debt—and it yielded only one-third of the growth it was supposed to deliver.”
Sessions Analyzes Release Of President’s ‘Plan’: ‘One Of The Greatest Financial Misrepresentations Ever Made’
“[President Obama’s] budget achieves one-tenth of the pledged deficit reduction and, instead of cutting spending, he surges it dramatically… This is surely one of the greatest financial misrepresentations ever made to the American people.”
Following News About Historic Welfare Surge, Vilsack Misses Oversight Deadline On Food Stamp-Mexico Partnership
“The Administration continues a vast array of controversial promotions to further expand [welfare] enrollment, when the focus should be on expanding opportunity… Such activities cannot be justified to the American people, which probably explains why the Administration has been unwilling to provide answers.”
Sessions Comments On Congressional Report Showing Welfare Is Single Largest Federal Expense
“No longer should we measure compassion by how much money the government spends but by how many people we help to rise out of poverty… This is about more than rescuing our finances. It’s about creating a more optimistic future for millions of struggling Americans.”