Sessions On CBO Outlook: Threat Of ‘Greece-Like Calamity,’ But No Budget Or Hearing From Senate Democrats
“The CBO data also reaffirms that our surging debt is being spurred by excessive spending and insufficient growth—not because Washington isn’t taxing enough—and that excessive government borrowing is already slowing economic growth… If CBO’s long-term projections come to pass, America as we know it will be in peril.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member […]
Sessions & Ryan Demand President Uphold Obligation To Law And To Seniors
Top Republicans on Senate and House Budget Committees call upon President to respond to Medicare trigger WASHINGTON—Earlier today, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, sent a letter to President Obama following his Administration’s failure to submit a proposal, as […]
Sessions On President’s Budget: ‘Unserious Response To Serious Situation’
“Our crushing debt undermines confidence in our economy, weakens our standing in the world, and results in devastating job loss for Americans… Nearly every expert that has testified before this committee has sounded the warning call. So too has the IMF, Moody’s, our own Federal Reserve—all have cautioned us to turn back from the abyss […]
Senate Fails Crucial Test, Sessions Says, After Democrats Block Spending Cuts
“The president and his party leaders still don’t get it. If they think we can now proceed to some meager compromise, they are gravely mistaken. This Congress must deliver whatthe situation demands… One way or another, we are going to reduce spending andrestore prosperity. The fight goes on.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member […]
Devil In The Details: Sessions Criticizes Mystery Funding In Obama Transportation Plan
Spending Doesn’t Equal Investment, Sessions Tells Obama’s Energy Secretary
March 2, 2011 Contact: Stephen Miller, 202.224.0642 “Just because you call something an ‘investment’ doesn’t make it so… The president’s plan worsens a desperate fiscal circumstance and fails to invest—by any honest measure—in our nation’s energy future. America has vast, proven energy reserves and yet the president continues to lock those away in the pursuit […]
Sessions On CR: Reductions In Spending Must Be Sustained
“We will fight every day, week, and month to make the government leaner and the economy more prosperous.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, made the following comments today following the passage of a continuing resolution that funds the government over the next two weeks at approximately $4 billion […]
Sessions Questions WH Rhetoric After Report Detailing Government Waste
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, made the following comment today following the release of a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that highlighted redundancy in federal programs: “Today’s GAO report proves that for all the president’s rhetoric about tough cuts, he has failed to make some of […]
Sessions To Obama Education Sec.: Can’t Win Future For Our Children With Borrowed Money
“Interest on our debt was $196 billion last year—three times as large as the total education budget this year. In 10 years, under the president’s plan, the annual interest payment will be $844 billion, 10 times the size of the budget’s call for education spending… You cannot win the future for our children with borrowed […]
The Spending Binge Continues: GAO Exposes Billions In Waste, Duplication
Today, GAO identified massive duplication, fragmentation, and other inefficiencies that cost taxpayers billions of dollars every year in waste and degraded service—all while President Obama’s budget surges federal spending across the board and adds $13 trillion to the debt. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its first annual report on government duplication today. The report […]