Sessions On The President’s Call For A ‘Balanced’ Approach On Debt
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s repeated call for a “balanced” approach to dealing with the nation’s looming debt crisis: “The president has repeatedly called for a „balanced? approach to reducing our deficit. But there?s nothing „balanced? about an […]
Sessions Responds To Democrat Deficit Myths, Calls For Honesty In Facing Debt Crisis
“We can’t have an honest budget if we don’t have an honest dialogue. So I’m here today to speak the plain truth, as best I can, and to provide some concrete facts for consideration… Democrats have said—although no plan has ever been made public—that they could get behind a budget deal that reduces the deficit […]
Sessions Comments On Reid’s Debt Plan
“Majority Leader Reid’s plan dramatically overstates the spending restraint it achieves, using Washington math that has been the cause of our surging debt… This proposal would mean that total spending over ten years would still be increased, not reduced. I am not impressed.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, […]
Following Cut, Cap, Balance Vote, Sessions Challenges Democrat Leaders To Finally Present Plan Of Their Own
“It is likely the president and the Democrat Senate, who control the levers of power in Washington, will continue to resist the spending cuts we need to restore fiscal balance… It’s time for those who oppose Cut, Cap, and Balance to bring forward their alternative. The media, the public, and lawmakers should demand it.” WASHINGTON—U.S. […]
With ‘Serious Flaws’ In Gang Of Six Summary, Time For President To Lay Cards On Table
“After my staff and I have had additional time to analyze the summary, even more questions and concerns have arisen. Serious flaws have been identified.… The production of the Gang’s summary at the last minute also underscores my severe concerns over how this process has unfolded… Senate Democrats and the White House have fiercely resisted […]
Sessions Raises Questions, Concerns Over Gang Of Six Proposal
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today in response to the release of an executive summary of a not-yet-final deficit reduction proposal from the bipartisan group of senators known as the “Gang of Six”: “I congratulate my colleagues who worked on this proposal. They have […]
Sessions: Two Trillion In Spending Cuts Only A Fraction Of What’s Ultimately Needed
“Up to now, the president has not been a partner in deficit reduction, but an obstacle. He must, for the first time since taking office, present to the American people a plan with specific, immediate, and lasting spending cuts… Whatever the White House ultimately produces we must remember that $2 trillion in spending cuts is […]
As Republicans Announce Opposition To Appropriations Without A Budget, Sessions Offers Bill To Strengthen Law
“If the party that controls the Senate believes it can appropriate money without any overall plan for spending, borrowing, and taxing, it ought to be able to muster 60 votes to support that view.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, today offered an amendment to the Military Construction and […]
Sessions: No Appropriations Without A Budget
“One of these [budgetary] enforcement mechanisms is a prohibition against the consideration of appropriations bills in the absence of a budget… I have a duty as the Ranking Member of the Budget Committee… to oppose cloture on this [appropriations bill] and to raise the 303(c) point of order should cloture be invoked… I am also […]
Sessions: Debt Limit Progress Requires President To Give Up Gimmicks
“Enough empty promises… We need a seismic restoration of responsibility—and it will not happen unless, for the first time since taking office, President Obama puts a credible budget plan on paper.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after learning that the White House’s […]