Congress Should Cut Its Own Budget To Have Credibility On Spending, Sessions Says
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following comment today after the passage of a non-binding resolution that expressed the “Sense of the Senate” that the Senate should cut 5 percent of its budget, but that will not actually do so. Sessions opposed the measure, urging more significant […]
Sessions: Obama Budget Nominee Must Reject Bogus WH Claims
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following statement today at a hearing to consider the nomination of Heather Higginbottom to be Deputy Director for the Office of Management and Budget. Unlike previous nominees for this post, Higginbottom lacks formal budget experience or training. Sessions’ remarks, as […]
Sessions Speaks In Support Of Latest Spending Reduction, Stresses Need For Further Action
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today in support of a continuing resolution to fund the government over the next three weeks while reducing spending by $6 billion. The measure, which passed by a vote of 87–13, follows a resolution early this month to […]
‘The Most Irresponsible Spending Plan In Our Time’: Sessions Reacts To CBO Score, Renews Call For Honest Budgeting
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, made the following statement today after the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the president’s budget, which revealed that the official White House proposal concealed an additional $2.3 trillion in deficits and, within a decade, would quadruple our nation’s publicly held […]
Sessions, Hatch Ask Medicare Trustees To Account For Medicare Double Counting In Next Estimate On Medicare Solvency
Dear Honorable Trustees: We strongly reject the notion that the spending reductions from and the payroll tax increases to the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund enacted in the new health care law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA) can both improve the government’s ability to pay future Medicare benefits and finance […]
Don’t Retreat On Spending Cuts: Sessions Argues Momentum Is On Side Of Action
“America’s strength is measured not by the size of our government but by the scope of our freedoms. Endless spending, taxing, and borrowing is a certain path to decline.”
Balanced Budget Amendment Would Pave Way For Unprecedented Economic Growth
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after all 47 Republican Senators joined to introduce a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution: “In the Budget Committee we have heard countless warnings from expert after expert and witness after witness. We are on a dangerous […]
Sessions Comments On Committee’s Analysis Revealing True Impact Of Defense Sequestration
“Every part of our budget must be made more lean, but dramatically reducing defense while ignoring the primary drivers of our debt is both unwise and dangerous.”
Sessions Remarks On Supercommittee Announcement
“Had the president made clear he wanted an agreement, a deal would have been achieved. It seems clear he wanted a campaign issue instead. Rather than confronting the great threat of our time—our $15 trillion debt—the commander-in-chief fled the battlefield.”
Citing Gimmicks And Spending Increases, Sessions To Oppose Appropriations Bill
“It is strange and bizarre that we have tasked a committee of 12 to achieve deficit reduction at the same time that Congress is working to increase the deficit with bills such as this… With the president at the helm, Washington is continuing to steer the ship of state towards financial disaster. I therefore oppose this bill and hope the president will do the same.”