Sessions: Debt Deal Includes Yet Another Washington Gimmick To Conceal Deficit Spending
“[Under the Budget Control Act,] we’re supposed to spend $1,043 billion, down $7 billion from $1,050 billion in discretionary spending last year. Unfortunately, this is just one more empty Washington promise… If we can’t even reach the paltry goal of $7 billion in savings, how on Earth can we tackle our $15 trillion debt?”
As Political Class Calls For Stimulus, Sessions Counters With Middle Class Agenda
“These ‘masters of the universe,’ as I sometimes call them, are quick to make confident predictions and even quicker to explain why the failure of their last prediction should not count against the one they have just made. They say the mammoth stimulus failed because it just wasn’t mammoth enough…”
Sessions Warns: Pushing For Taxes To Avoid 3% Cut Threatens To Collapse Supercommittee’s Effort
“Pushing for tax hikes, instead of seeking common ground to reduce wasteful spending, threatens to collapse the entire effort… Bailing out banks with tax dollars makes them less accountable—it’s the same thing with Washington’s big spenders… Is a 3 percent cut really too much to ask?”
Sessions Recommends Food Stamp Reform To Supercommittee
“Like welfare reform in the 1990s, smart reforms to the food stamp program will improve outcomes and help more Americans achieve financial independence. Unmonitored welfare programs, over time, can hurt the very people we are seeking to help. A thoughtful reform of funding will not only improve the outlook for our indebted Treasury, but for millions of Americans seeking a better future.”
Solyndra Economics: Sessions Writes Chu For Answers On How Department Calculates Taxpayer Risk
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chu today requesting detailed information on how the Energy Department calculates the risk factor for the Department’s efforts to subsidize certain energy corporations. Sessions asked whether the calculation was revised after the Solyndra incident, and expressed concern […]
Sessions Remarks On Latest Effort To Increase Borrowing As Part Of President’s Stimulus
“Hardworking Americans have every right to be upset. They watch as major corporations with connections to the White House get bailouts, handouts, and taxpayer-funded loans while they’re asked to bear an ever heavier burden.”
‘The Public Deserves Better’: Sessions Appeals For Honest Budgeting In Voting Against Spending Bill
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement today following the passage of H.R. 2112, the appropriations “minibus” in the Democrat-led Senate that would see spending increase rather than decrease over last year’s level: “This bill represents much of what is wrong with Washington. It promises spending cuts […]
Sessions Outlines Spending Increases And Gimmicks In Appropriations Package
“The majority party [contends] that this bill—this minibus—spends $128 billion, which is $1 billion below the $129 billion spent last year—a reduction of less than 1 percent. They are very proud of this… [but] the overall spending compared to last year went up by $10 billion…”
Sessions: Latest Solyndra-Style Bankruptcy ‘Heightens Concerns About Corporate Favoritism’
“Increasingly, we are moving away from our capitalist heritage and towards a system where most Americans play by the rules while some are able to rig the game in their favor.”
Call on Sebelius to Provide Key CLASS Act Documents
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide key documents regarding the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act that were drafted prior to the passage of the […]