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Senators Enzi and Whitehouse Offer Bipartisan Reforms to Fix Broken Budget Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Committee member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced bipartisan legislation to fix the federal government’s broken budget process. The Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act would provide a more orderly, deliberative budget process focused on long-term fiscal planning. It would end the brinksmanship surrounding the […]
Chairman Enzi: Better Financial Management Will Lead to Better Budgets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) said it was important to learn what the federal government is doing well in terms of federal financial management, and what opportunities exist for further improvements during a hearing today focused on the federal government’s efforts to meet the requirements of the Chief Financial Officers […]
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Joint Statement from Chairman Enzi and Ranking Member Womack Opposing H.R. 2440
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) issued the following statement today expressing opposition to H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF): “The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, which increased spending caps for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, […]
Chairman Enzi: Soaring Deficits Show Our Fiscal Path is Unsustainable
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released the following statement today after the Department of Treasury issued its monthly treasury report showing the federal government’s deficit rising by more than 26 percent from last year to $984 billion: “Today’s report shows that our nation’s current fiscal path is unsustainable. In the […]
If Not for Republican Policies, the Federal Government Would Be Running a Surplus – But Deficit Worries Are Themselves Overblown
ENZI CRITICIZES PENSION BAILOUT, SAYING IT WOULD COST TAXPAYERS
CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming’s United States Senator Mike Enzi criticized the “Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Plans Act of 2019” in a speech on the floor of the Senate. The bill has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, but a Wednesday, Oct. 23 statement from Enzi’s office says if it becomes law, it “would bail out some […]
Chairman Enzi: Pension Bailout Would Leave Taxpayers Holding the Fiscal Bag
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a speech on the floor of the United States Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) warned that a House of Representatives-passed bill, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Plans Act of 2019, would bail out some of the worst-funded multiemployer plans at taxpayers’ expense. “My concern with this bill is not just […]
Senate Budget Committee Makes Budget Reports Available for the Public Online
Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced the first release of a new Senate scorekeeping report. The report will provide regular budgetary updates to promote transparency in federal spending. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires Chairmen of House and Senate Budget Committees to provide members of Congress with regular updates on the effects that […]