U.S. Has Spent $3.7 Trillion On Welfare Over Past 5 Years
We have just concluded the 5th fiscal year since President Obama took office. During those five years, the federal government has spent a total $3.7 trillion on approximately 80 different means-tested poverty and welfare programs. The common feature of means-tested assistance programs is that they are graduated based on a person’s income and, in contrast […]
Sessions Comments On September Jobs Report
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding this morning’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report that the economy added just 148,000 jobs during the month of September: “Today’s jobs report underscores the real problem in today’s labor market: growing joblessness among working-age adults despite modest […]
Sessions Delivers 2nd Address In Series On American Workers, Calls On Both Parties To Reject Special Interests
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following speech today as the second in a series of addresses analyzing the state of the American economy: “Last Thursday I delivered the first in a series of speeches looking at the state of our economy. I have directed my […]
Ranking Member Sessions Responds To Secretary Sebelius’ False Claim On Part-Time Work
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today in response to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ claim that there has not been an increase in part-time work: “I was astounded to learn that Secretary Sebelius—a top member of the President’s cabinet and […]
Sessions Issues Statement On Yellen Nomination To Chair Federal Reserve
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the selection of Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve and on the need for an era of “humility”: “I intend to fairly but rigorously scrutinize this nominee. What we need in the Fed is a policy […]
Sessions Issues Statement After Voting Against Debt Hike, Spending Bill
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement tonight after voting against legislation to increase the debt limit and to adopt a “continuing resolution” without reforms: “In the last five years, Washington spent more than $15 trillion and added more than $6 trillion to the debt. Never […]
Sessions Catalogs Destructive Impacts Of Obamacare
“The President’s health care law will worsen, not improve, our fiscal outlook. It’s hurting our economy, it’s harming millions of Americans, and it’s growing the size and scope of government. Congress must permanently repeal this unworkable law.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following speech on the […]
Sessions Opening Statement: Washington’s Policies Limiting Economic Growth And Opportunity
“We are quietly downsizing the American Dream. The ‘new normal’ really refers to the increasingly modest dreams hardworking families allow themselves. Maybe education after high school, maybe retirement, maybe a paid-up home and car when you stop working… but [these things are] increasingly not certain and perhaps not even likely… Let’s take this [time] to […]
Sessions Gives First In Series Of Addresses On U.S. Economy: Deteriorating Conditions For Working Households
“I have directed my staff on the Budget Committee to conduct a detailed analysis of the economic conditions facing working Americans: their wages, their employment, their household finances. I will give a series of talks over the coming weeks looking at their financial condition and the state of our nation economically… It’s not just the […]
Sessions Comments On New CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook
“The report demolishes any argument that the decline in the size of our deficits provides any basis for the country to relax. Annual deficits and debt are certain to rise relentlessly and without end unless we take action… Reforms to [America’s trillion-dollar welfare budget is] necessary to ensure not only that taxpayer dollars are being […]