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. Meanwhile, the Democratic leaders in the Senate refuse to bring a budget plan to the floor for the third straight year. The livelihoods, savings, and futures of millions of hardworking Americans […]
GAO Finds More Than $400 Billion Spent Each Year On 1,500 Duplicative, Fragmented, Inefficient Programs
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its annual report on government duplication today. This is the second year of a three-year process, during which the GAO will comprehensively review the federal government to identify duplication, fragmentation, and waste. Since the review’s inception, GAO has found 66 areas of duplication encompassing over 1,500 individual programs. This […]
‘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.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today about a new report from the Government Accountability Office detailing over one thousand examples of waste and […]
Sessions Delivers Remarks At Hearing With Secretary Of Defense, Confronts Common Myths On Defense Spending
“I fear… that these budget hearings may not be a good use of your time. The Senate Democrat leadership is refusing, for the third straight year, to bring a budget plan to floor. Has the Senate Democrat majority forgotten the warning of Admiral Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who told us the […]
Politico Op-Ed: GOP Budget Attacks Misguided
By Sen. Kent Conrad and Rep. Chris Van HollenRepublican reaction to the president’s budget highlighted just how out of touch our colleagues across the aisle are when it comes to the nation’s economy. They seem to be unaware of the economic disaster President Barack Obama inherited and oblivious to the recovery now under way. To […]
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. Eventually, you responded that the president’s budget did, in fact, […]
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 […]
The Obama 2013 Budget: A Summary And Analysis
The president’s 2013 budget claims it will result in declining deficits from $1.3 trillion in 2012 (8.5 percent of GDP) to $0.9 trillion in 2013 (5.5 percent of GDP) to no less than $0.6 trillion in any subsequent year. The budget fails the pledge the president made on February 23, 2009 at his Fiscal Responsibility […]
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. Mr. […]