Murray Statement on Congressional Budget Office Projections That Repealing Critical Affordable Care Act Program Would Increase Deficits
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement on Congressional Budget Office projections showing that risk corridors in the Affordable Care Act will result in net savings for the federal government. “Today’s CBO report shows that Republicans’ most recent debt-limit ransom idea would not only cause premiums to skyrocket […]
BUDGET HEARING: Murray Calls on Congress to Expand Opportunities for Families and Communities, Stop Playing Games With Economic Recovery
Washington, D.C— Today, Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on transitioning from constant crises to broad-based economic growth in 2014. Democratic witnesses included Dr. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics and Robert Greenstein, President of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities At the hearing, Murray highlighted that while […]
Murray Statement on Congressional Budget Office Budget and Economic Outlook
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s Budget and Economic Outlook for 2014 through 2024. “Today’s announcement from the Congressional Budget Office offers encouraging evidence that our near-term fiscal outlook continues to improve, although there is much more we need to do to […]
SOTU: Murray Delivers Floor Speech Urging Republicans to Build on Bipartisanship for Year of Action
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor following President Obama’s State of the Union Address last night. Murray highlighted polices from the President’s speech including raising the minimum wage, ensuring women have equal economic opportunity, and investing in a national preschool initiative, which would bolster economic growth now and […]
Senate Budget Committee Analysis Of CBO Baseline Outlook
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement today as the Committee released a staff analysis of the new Congressional Budget Office baseline outlook. The analysis follows Sessions’ comments: “CBO’s stunning report shows that our fiscal outlook is markedly worse than in its previous estimate, with deficits up by […]
Sessions Delivers Opening Statement At First Budget Hearing Of The Year
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following prepared remarks today at the Budget Committee hearing on the economic outlook for 2014: “The recovery from the 2009 recession seemed to be solid at first, but it has not come close to meeting the projections of the Administration (OMB), […]
Ranking Member Sessions Comments On New CBO Baseline Projections
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the new 10-year baseline from the Congressional Budget Office: “This morning, the Budget Committee held a hearing with the ostensible purpose of reassuring us that all is well, that the economy is getting stronger, and that there […]
Ranking Member Sessions Comments On State Of The Union Address
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement this evening regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address: “President Obama says he is concerned about low wages and chronic unemployment for American workers. Yet his signature second-term legislative item is an immigration bill that would immediately and […]
Sessions: We Owe Vets ‘Swift, Diligent Action’ To Fix Pension Cuts
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding testimony from a senior Department of Defense official regarding recent cuts to veterans’ pension payments: “I was pleased to see Christine Fox, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense, agree with the need to fix the […]
Sessions: SOTU Message Undermined By President’s Wage-Depressing Policies
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following prepared remarks on the Senate floor regarding President Obama’s expected call for the House to pass an immigration bill that would dramatically increase the number of low-skilled workers brought into the country: “President Obama is preparing to deliver a State […]