GAO: Obama Admin Has No Legal Authority To Make Risk Corridor Payments Without Congressional Action
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statements today after the Government Accountability Office issued a legal opinion at their request regarding the risk corridor program in Obamacare: “GAO has confirmed beyond dispute […]
Sessions Opposes Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the passage of a short-term, stopgap funding bill: “Once again, we were asked to vote for a massive, catch-all bill to fund the entire government without an opportunity to meaningfully review it, and we were blocked by […]
Statement by Chairman Murray on Passage of a Continuing Resolution in the Senate
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on the passage of a continuing resolution through December 11th, 2014 in the Senate. “When Chairman Ryan and I reached a two-year budget agreement last year, it was especially important to both of us that we stop the cycle […]
Sessions Sounds Alarm Over HHS Policy Allowing Welfare Cash To Be Withdrawn In Marijuana Stores
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding a response he recently received from the Department of Health and Human Services to his oversight letter on welfare payments being withdrawn at marijuana dispensaries: “The federal government current spends roughly $750 billion each year on means-tested […]
Sessions: Under Obama, 13 Million More Adults But 7 Million Fewer Workers
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the August jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Today’s jobs report came in far below expectations. Twice as many people left the labor force last month as found jobs, and there are now 92.3 million […]
SBC Staff Analysis Of CBO’s Updated Budget And Economic Outlook
The Budget OutlookAccording to CBO’s updated budget projections released today, the federal government is on track to spend $3.5 trillion in the fiscal year ending September 30. Tax collections will total $3.0 trillion, resulting in a deficit of $506 billion. This estimate is $14 billion above CBO’s April estimate of $492 billion, and is the […]
Murray Releases Statement on Updated CBO Projection
Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s update to the budget and economic outlook from 2014 to 2024: “Today’s CBO report is further evidence that our near-term budget outlook has improved significantly, with the deficit declining to one-third of where it was just a few […]
MEMO: Murray Outlines Fiscal Impacts of Climate Change in Memo to Democratic Caucus
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) released a memo to Senate Democrats to outline the serious impacts climate change will have on the economy and the federal budget, and show that failure to confront climate change will make it harder to address our nation’s long-term fiscal challenges. The memo uses […]
Sessions: 4 In 10 American Adults Not Working
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after the release of the July jobs report: “Our economy continues to perform at an unacceptable level: 4 in 10 U.S. adults are either unemployed or not in the workforce at all. Unemployment for Americans without a high […]
ICYMI: Chairman Murray Holds a Hearing on The Costs of Inaction: The Economic and Budgetary Consequences of Climate Change
Yesterday, Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the Costs of Inaction: The Economic and Budgetary Consequences of Climate Change. In her opening statement, Chairman Murray discussed how climate change is not only an environmental and economic challenge, but also increasingly a fiscal challenge. “This isn’t just an environmental […]