Sessions Reacts To State Of The Union: President In ‘Denial’ On Spending
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, responded tonight to President Obama’s State of the Union address and the president’s plan to maintain increased levels of discretionary spending: “Massive federal spending has placed our nation on an unsustainable path. And yet tonight the President pledged to continue down this perilous […]
FACT CHECK: OBAMACARE AND THE DEFICIT
Democrats used budget gimmicks to manipulate the CBO score of Obamacare. The truth: It adds nearly $700 billion to the deficit in the first ten years alone. The Gimmicks: • Counting a full ten years of tax increases to pay for only six years of new health care spending. Imaginary savings from Democrats, but deficits […]
Sessions Delivers Opening Remarks At First Budget Hearing Of 112th Congress
“Our goal is not an era of austerity but an era of prosperity.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), incoming Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered an opening statement at today’s hearing, prior to the testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, concerning America’s economic situation and growing debt. Sessions’ remarks, as prepared, follow: […]
With Economic Recovery Weakest In Modern History, Senate Democrats Deny Country Much-Needed Budget
[Note: To view a one-pager on debt and jobs, please click here.] “Our fast-rising debt, and our inability to adopt a credible budget plan, is shattering economic confidence and jeopardizing our future. Yet Senate Democrats refuse to put forward such a budget plan or to confront the debt that they themselves have surged… To put […]
By The Numbers: As Senate Democrats Ignore Budget, Debt Surges And Economy Suffers
768 ……………… Days since the Democrat Senate has passed a budget resolution $3.2 trillion ……. Debt accumulated since a budget was last passed $7.1 trillion ……. Total federal spending over that time $413 billion ……. Net interest payments over that time 2024 ……………. Projected year that Medicare will go bankrupt 9.1 ……………… Percent of workforce currently […]
Responding to Grim Job Stats, Sessions Highlights Need for Budget, Spending Control
“The persistence of slow growth and unacceptably high unemployment demonstrates the failure of this administration’s attempts to revive the economy by artificial means… Our inability to honestly budget got us into this mess. But the Democrat-led Senate, which has not passed a budget plan in 765 days, has decided this year not to present a […]
Sessions Remarks On Majority Leader Reid’s Decision To Duck Adjournment Vote
“The Majority Leader’s decision not to bring adjournment to a vote… is a stark admission that the Democrat Senate cannot justify to the American people its unwillingness to work on a budget. So indefensible is their stance that they have resorted to ducking a simple vote on whether to adjourn the chamber for Memorial Day […]
GOP Senators Tell Reid: No Budget, No Recess
“In this time of economic danger, the Senate continues to stonewall any and all action on a FY2012 budget. For this reason, we respectfully request that you delay any adjournment of this body until you or members of your party in the Senate bring forward a budget resolution and schedule a meeting of the Budget […]
Sessions: “Shameful Display” From Reid, Senate Dem Leaders On Budget
“The reason we have not seen a budget from Chairman Conrad and the Democrat Senate is because they know that they can’t put forward a plan that wins the support of both their caucus and of the American people… The Democrat strategy is just to attack, vilify, and disparage House Republicans because they did the […]
With Committee Markup Possible Next Week, Sessions Says Nation Can’t Afford A Closed Process
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement about the potential for a budget mark-up next week and the need for the public and the press to be able to review the proposed resolution 72 hours in advance: “After weeks of delay, I have been informed that […]