U.S. Debt To Top $16T Today; Sessions Comments On ‘Grim Landmark’
“By failing to outline any serious plan for the financial future of this country, Democrats who run the Senate and the White House have no basis on which to ask to be kept in their majority.”
Clinton, Napolitano Fail To Comply With Welfare Oversight From Senate Committees
“It is unacceptable that Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Clinton have not seen fit to respond our oversight letter… Under their agencies’ guidelines, an able-bodied, working-age immigrant could receive the bulk of his or her income in the form of federal assistance and still not be deemed welfare-reliant.”
Sessions And Ryan: ‘Unprecedented 1,200 Days’ Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget
“Not only have [Senate Democrats] failed to adopt a budget but, with America under threat of financial calamity, they have refused to even present a plan for public scrutiny.”
Thune-Sessions Sequestration Transparency Bill Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON—A bill authored by U.S. Senators John Thune (R-SD), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that would require transparency from the Obama Administration on its plan for implementing nearly $1 trillion in required sequestration cuts was signed into law by the President today, August 7, […]
Sessions: Senate In Recess As It Approaches 1,200th Day Since Passing A Budget As Law Requires
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement today ahead of the 1,200th day since the Senate Democrat majority last offered a budget plan to the American people: “The Senate has adjourned for recess as we’re approaching 1,200 days since this Democrat majority has passed a budget. […]
Ranking Members On Budget, Finance, Judiciary, And Ag Write DHS And State Depts Over Welfare Rules For Immigrants
“Congress intended that immigrants who come to the United States should not become dependent on our expanding welfare system… the INA specifically states: ‘An alien who… is likely at any time to become a public charge is inadmissible.’ … We were thus shocked to discover that both the State Department and DHS exclude reliance on […]
Sessions: USDA Reply Acknowledges Ongoing Program With Mexico To Expand Welfare, Fails To Include Requested Docs
“The reply makes no attempt to justify the program itself or the idea that we should partner with a foreign government to persuade immigrants and foreign nationals to become dependent on U.S. government support. Not only is this unwise as a matter of policy, but it is unaffordable during a time of $16 trillion debt… […]
Senate Passes Thune-Sessions Sequestration Transparency Act
“I’m glad that Congress has been nearly unanimous in its recognition that the Obama Administration needs to reveal how it would move forward with such enormous defense cuts, which the President’s own Defense Secretary said would be ‘disastrous for our national defense.'”
Sessions: Repealing Costly Health Law ‘Essential Step To Restore Fiscal Sustainability’
“Once the accounting tricks are removed—such as the delayed implementation of the major spending provisions—we know the law will cost more than two and half trillion dollars over its first full 10-year window.”
Sessions Urges USDA To Swiftly Produce Requested Docs On Mexico SNAP Partnership
“In this time of fiscal crisis, and at a moment when the Obama Administration is scaling back the work requirements that were a centerpiece of welfare reform, the nation needs to review all of the nearly 80 welfare programs now administered by the federal government. We must build on the sound principles of the 1996 […]