BUDGET HEARING: Expanding Economic Opportunity for Women and Families
Washington, D.C— Today, Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on Expanding Economic Opportunity for Women and Families with witnesses Dr. Heather Boushey, Executive Director and Chief Economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and AnnMarie Duchon, Associate Director […]
Sessions Comments On Yellen Testimony Before The Budget Committee
“Not only did the Fed not avert the 2007 crisis, but its policies helped to foster it. And while the big firms were bailed out and the big spenders in Washington quickly frittered away a trillion dollars of borrowed stimulus, the American worker soldiered on in a weak economy. We can’t pump our way to […]
Opening Statement of Chairman Murray: The U.S. Economic and Fiscal Outlook with Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen
“This hearing will now come to order. Thank you to Ranking Member Senator Sessions and all of our colleagues who have joined us. “Today we have the great opportunity to hear from the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Dr. Janet Yellen. “Dr. Yellen, I want to start by thanking you for your leadership in encouraging […]
Sessions Delivers Opening Remarks At Hearing With Fed Chair Janet Yellen
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following prepared remarks today at a hearing discussing the state of the economy with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen: “Thank you, Chairman Yellen, for appearing before our committee today. I look forward to our discussion. Like the foundation of a home, […]
Murray Calls for Building on Bipartisan Budget Deal With Steps to Invest in Jobs and Growth, Tackle All Deficits Responsibly
Washington, D.C— Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at the BakerHostetler 25th Annual Legislative Seminar, and highlighted ways to build on the two-year bipartisan budget deal to create jobs, opportunity, and broad based economic growth. In her speech, Murray explained that Congress must continue to tackle long term budget challenges, while […]
ICYMI: Chairman Murray Holds a Hearing on The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Education Budget Request
Yesterday, Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Education Budget Request with Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan. In her opening statement, Chairman Murray explained that the nation is currently facing an education deficit, and described the dangers of failing to make critical investments […]
Sessions: Murray Filed Budget Numbers To Spend $19 Billion More This Year
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the deemed budget allocations that Chairman Patty Murray was required to file in the Congressional Record as a condition of the Ryan-Murray spending deal: “I’m disappointed that Senate Democrats have chosen to make yet another end-run around […]
Sessions Delivers Opening Statement At Hearing On President’s Education Budget
“Congress and the President agreed to certain spending limits, but now you are simply proposing to spend well above that… This is not acceptable. If you and the Administration want to spend more money on education, you must make it a priority, reducing spending somewhere else… More federal money is not a substitute for the […]
BUDGET HEARING: The President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Education Budget Request
Washington, D.C— Today, Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Education Budget Request with Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan. At the hearing Murray discussed the education proposals in the President’s budget and called on Congress to build on the two-year budget and focus […]
Ranking Member Sessions Statement On April Jobs Report
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the April jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “For every one job added, almost three people left the workforce. In fact, all of the decrease in the unemployment rate is attributed to the 988,000 more […]