Serial Deception: White House Spending Claim Off By $6 Trillion
“The difference in spending between what the White House alleges (a $4.5 trillion spending cut) and what it proposes (a $1.4 trillion spending increase) is a staggering $5.9 trillion. That’s almost a $6 trillion swing based on fraudulent accounting.”
Sessions To Vilsack: More Detail Needed On Food Stamp Partnership With Mexico; Controversial Promotions Must Cease
“Your letter asserts that ‘we do not pressure any eligible person to accept benefits, nor is our goal to simply increase the number of program participants.’ But the content of USDA’s advertisements and promotion campaigns demonstrate otherwise… There is even a promotional guide suggesting those targeted for enrollment harm their communities by not accepting benefits… […]
Sessions Comments On $1.1 Trillion Deficit For FY 2012
“The greatest obstacle to preventing a debt crisis is a president who won’t tell the truth about his financial plan and a Senate Majority determined to avoid presenting one at all.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after a report from the Congressional Budget […]
‘Serial Misrepresentations’: President’s Budget Claims Disproven By Own Budget Document
“All we have to do is review the President’s own budget document, as submitted to Congress, and look up the figures in the tables provided… The biggest obstacle we face in preventing [a debt] crisis is a president who refuses tell the truth about his plan and a Democrat Senate that refuses to produce any […]
President’s Budget Claims Shredded By Journalists, Analysts, And Experts
“Obama claims more than $4 trillion in deficit savings over the coming decade. But it you peel away accounting tricks and debatable claims on spending cuts, it’s more like $1.1 trillion. Republicans say it’s even less because of creative bookkeeping used to mask spending on Medicare reimbursements to doctors.” Associated Press, “Candidates’ deficit plans don’t […]
Administration Shrouds Visa Data In Secrecy As Evidence Shows Welfare Law Not Being Enforced
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after the Department of Homeland Security refused to provide Congress with basic numerical info about the enforcement of welfare restrictions for those seeking admittance to the United States: “Basic annual data on visa applications is easily and readily […]
President’s Core Budget Claim False
President Obama has staked his entire fiscal reputation on the claim that he has “a balanced plan to reduce our deficit by $4 trillion.” As demonstrated recently, that $4 trillion claim, and the assertion that his plan would “pay down our debt,” is scandalously false. But the heart of the “balanced” argument is that the […]
GOP Senators To Napolitano: Why Won’t DHS Release Data On Visas And Welfare Reliance?
“Your failure to respond to our oversight request is deeply troubling, and suggests that your Department is attempting to conceal information from the American people.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, was joined today by U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ranking Members […]
Thune, Sessions Call On OMB To Provide Missing Sequestration Details
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators John Thune (R-SD), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, today sent the following letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Jeffrey Zients. The letter requests that OMB provide an updated timeline to the American people and Congress for […]
Report Confirms Dramatic, Disproportionate Cuts Threaten National Defense
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators John Thune (R-SD), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the late release of an Obama Administration report detailing its plans for implementing sequestration that will take effect on January 2, 2013. This sequestration report from the […]