Enzi Op-Ed: The Biggest Bank You’ve Never Heard Of
Imagine a financial institution that loans out a trillion dollars to students and families across America, but regularly ignores government regulations and uses questionable accounting practices. On top of that, this institution is actually being run by the federal government. What you have isn’t just a terrible idea, it’s the largest “bank” in America that the public has never heard of, and it’s inside the U.S. Department of Education.
How to Break Through America’s Budget Gridlock
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi highlghts bipartisan solutions to fix America’s broken budget process and breakthrough Washignton’s budget gridlock.
Wanted: A Budget That Matters
Probably the worst kept secret in Washington is that America’s budget process is broken
U.S. News: The Budget’s Broken. It’s Time to Fix It
The recent spending and debt deal clearly illustrates that the federal budget process is in serious need of reform. America’s current budget challenges are directly related to this breakdown and fixing it can put the country on a more responsible spending path going forward.
Getting serious about balancing the budget
Congress recently approved its first balanced 10-year budget since 2001, which represented an important step toward putting our country on not just another course, but a better course. This balanced budget represents a “lean in” moment for a Congress under new management, to confront rapidly growing deficits borne from our government’s habitual overspending, which plagues America and its taxpayers.
Washington must live within its means
Last week, Congress began the monumental task of confronting our nation’s chronic overspending and exploding debt, which threaten each and every American. Make no mistake, our fiscal outlook is grim and has been ignored for far too long. But we have a profound moral responsibility to help taxpayers see the true picture of our country’s […]