Sessions: ‘Not Everyone In Washington Living In Same Reality’
WASHINGTON—In the wake of yesterday’s report that credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s was assigning a negative outlook to the U.S. rating, and in the face of growing domestic and international calls for the United States to address its long-term deficits, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued […]
Sessions Reacts To Forecast That China’s Economy Will Soon Top That Of U.S.
WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today following the forecast from the International Monetary Fund that in 2016 China’s economy will surpass that of the United States as the world’s largest: “The IMF forecast that in five years China will surpass America as […]
Committee Republicans Ask Chairman Conrad To Hold Open Mark-Up Of Budget, Post Resolution Online
“It is our belief that the most important budget we will have ever worked on deserves the most open process we have ever had… The American people do not, and should not, trust Washington with their tax dollars—for years it has frittered away those tax dollars and brought our nation to the brink of insolvency… […]
Sessions Anticipates Senate Vote On President’s Budget
“Given their heated rhetoric opposing spending discipline, I assume Senate Democrat leaders will happily call the president’s budget to a vote to demonstrate their support for a plan that dramatically grows our deficits and our taxes—making us less prosperous and less competitive as a result.” WASHINGTON—Commenting on announced Senate votes on the House-passed budget […]
Spending Cuts And Economic Growth: What Does The Cross-Country Empirical Evidence Show?
U.S. Senate Budget Committee Republican staff analysis IntroductionThe federal debt held by the public has doubled, in nominal terms, in less than four years. It now stands at over 62 percent of GDP, the highest level since 1951. What costs does this place on our economy? With our fragile economy still suffering high unemployment, can […]
Sessions Comments After Senate Democrats Oppose Food Stamp Fix To Save Billions In Mishandled Funds
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement tonight after Senate Democrats voted to reject the amendment, offered by Sessions, to the appropriations package that would have fixed a provision in the quadrupling food stamp budget to prevent billions in funds from being mishandled: “The agriculture bill […]
Sessions To Oppose Cloture On Combined Spending Bills
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement tonight announcing his opposition to shutting off debate on the appropriations package, which combined three separate spending bills: “The package of spending bills before the Senate this week is proof positive that Washington spending remains out of control. Total […]
Sessions Announces Opposition To Controversial Budget Nominee
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today in opposition to the nomination of Heather Higginbottom to be Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget: “Ms. Higginbottom has no real budget experience. She would be the least qualified nominee to hold this post in […]
Sessions Unveils Amendments Combat Billions In Waste, Gimmicks As He Challenges President To Do The Same
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today as he announced the filing of the following three amendments to the pending “mini-bus” appropriations package: No CHiMPs that don’t save money—This amendment would create a 60-vote point of order against any appropriations bill if it includes […]
SBC White Paper On Education In America: It’s Not About The Money
“Money does not necessarily correlate with student achievement… in this country in the last 30 years, we have more than doubled the amount of money we are spending per child… and the results have gotten worse, not better.” – Michelle Rhee, former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor, February 9, 2011 As the United States concludes […]