Ahead Of Budget Mark-Up, Sessions And Johnson Call For Hearing With Sebelius Over New Health Law Revelations
“The Senate Committee on the Budget is required to report a budget resolution for fiscal year 2013 by April 1, 2012… it is critical that we have a comprehensive understanding of how the president’s health care law will impact this nation’s unsustainable debt course…”
Sessions Responds To President’s News Conference: POTUS ‘Oddly Disconnected’ From Suffering Economy, Finances
“Stunningly, in his first press conference of the year, President Obama did not have a word to say about America’s extraordinary debt threat, which puts our economy, our security, and our nation at risk.”
Sessions, Ryan: President Defying Law Requiring Action On Medicare
“The president is required by law to respond to the Medicare Trustees’ annual warning, and—as a matter of fundamental leadership—is duty-bound to do so… The livelihoods, savings, and futures of millions of hardworking Americans are at stake, but the president and his party’s leaders can’t even be bothered to fulfill their most basic obligations in a time of crisis.”
‘Shocking Report’: Sessions Reacts To Identification Of Trillions In Long-Term Waste, Inefficiency
“The Democrats running Washington want higher taxes that will shrink the private sector in order to expand the wasteful public sector.”
Sessions Delivers Remarks At Hearing With Secretary Of Defense, Confronts Common Myths On Defense Spending
“I believe it is essential that Washington engage in fact-based budgeting. Every department, every agency, every part of government will have to experience reductions—including defense. But these decisions should be guided by an honest assessment of the facts. And the fact is that the only thing the president seems willing to significantly cut is defense.”
Sessions Insists That Obama Budget Chief Answer Straightforward Question
“I will ask again as I did at the hearing… does the president propose to increase or decrease spending levels from those agreed to under the Budget Control Act in August? … I was shocked when you—the president’s budget chief—strenuously resisted answering this fundamental question.”
Sessions: Budget Misrepresentations ‘Deal A Severe Blow To President Obama’s Credibility’
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement today following Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s testimony before the Committee: “The Administration continues to persist in the duplicity that this budget cuts spending when it increases spending by $1.5 trillion over the levels in current law. Even giving them credit […]
Sessions Delivers Opening Statement At Budget Hearing With Treasury Secretary Geithner
“Secretary Geithner… you are a capable and loyal member of the administration. But, more fundamentally, you are a servant of the American people. You have an opportunity today to help us understand both the dangerous unsustainability of our fiscal path, and the depth of change needed to right our course…
History will judge our conversation today. Do you believe that the president’s budget provides the solution to our fiscal problems? Do you believe that $11.2 trillion in new federal debt, annual interest payments approaching $1 trillion a year, and a budget where health care spending grows twice as fast as our economy, is a sustainable future?…
This nation needs a more optimistic future. One with less debt, leaner government, and a thriving private sector that provides good, high-paying jobs for everyday Americans. I know we can get there, but there is a definite lack of confidence out in the marketplace today. It cannot be altered by fine speeches. That day is past if it ever existed. A definite course change, founded on sound, mature action is required. Sadly, this budget says we will not get it.”
Sessions To WH Budget Chief: You Work For The American People, Not The Obama Campaign
Given the gravity of our fiscal crisis—and Mr. Zeints’ obligation to present honest facts to the public—I asked him whether, if he was shown to be wrong, he would resign. I will soon be sending him a letter expressing my concerns from today’s hearing and pressing for a straightforward answer to a straightforward question.”
Sessions On President’s Budget: ‘One Of Most Spectacular Fiscal Cover-Ups In American History’
“The White House claims they have introduced a plan to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction… But these assertions rely on a calculated series of budget gimmicks. An honest analysis proves that the president’s plan achieves only $273 billion in total deficit reduction over ten years…”