Oversight
Enzi: Time to Lift the Burden Obamacare Has Placed on All Americans
WASHINGTON D.C. - As the Senate began debate today on a resolution that will provide the tools necessary to repeal Obamacare, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Congress must act to repeal this law and provide relief to the millions of Americans. "It is time to lift the burdens and higher costs Obamacare has placed on all Americans," said Chairman Enzi. "The Senate this week is focused on true legislative relief from this law that Americans have long demande… Continue Reading
01.04.17
Enzi Welcomes Gardner, Kennedy and Boozman to Senate Budget Committee
WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today welcomed Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), John Kennedy (R-LA) and John Boozman (R-AR) to serve on the Senate Budget Committee in the 115th Congress. "I am pleased to welcome the newest members of the Senate Budget Committee," said Chairman Enzi. "Our committee is poised to play a critical role this year, from the repeal of Obamacare to how best to make government live within its means and set spending limits… Continue Reading
01.03.17
Senate to Begin Debate on Obamacare Repeal Resolution
WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today introduced a resolution providing for the repeal of Obamacare, noting that six years after its enactment, Obamacare has clearly failed hardworking Americans. "Americans face skyrocketing premiums and soaring deductibles," said Chairman Enzi. "Insurers are withdrawing from markets across the country, leaving many families with fewer choices and less access to care than they had before - the opposite of wha… Continue Reading
12.19.16
Enzi Statement On Trump Budget Director Nominee U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney
WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement today regarding President-elect Donald J. Trump's intention to nominate U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) to lead the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB). "As our nation faces a staggering $20 trillion in debt, I am pleased to see President-elect Trump nominate a fiscal conservative who will help put our nation on a more responsible budgetary path," said… Continue Reading
12.07.16
Senate Chairman Floats Fix for "Broken Budget Process"
by James Arkin
Sen. Mike Enzi, chairman of the Budget Committee, will release a detailed proposal Wednesday to overhaul the congressional budget process and change the way the federal government is funded for the first time in four decades. The Wyoming lawmaker's proposal, obtained exclusively by RealClearPolitics, would move Congress to a two-year appropriations process to prevent annual deadlines, create mandatory floor time to consider appropriations measures in both chambers, and eliminate the possibility… Continue Reading
12.07.16
Enzi Unveils Reforms to Fix America’s Broken Budget Process
WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today unveiled a summary of legislative reforms to fix America's broken budget process that he plans to focus on next year during the 115th Congress. "Hardworking taxpayers are eager for real change. With a new President taking office on January 20th, Congress has an opportunity - and responsibility - to get to work," said Chairman Enzi. "One of our top priorities should be fixing America's broken budget proce… Continue Reading
11.30.16
GAO: Student Loan Cost Projections Doubled; Flawed Estimates Lack Transparency
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the results of an extensive investigation requested by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, on the cost projections of the Income Driven Repayment (IDR) plans administered by the Department of Education. GAO's report shows that the current cost projections for IDR plans are tens of billions higher than original estimates. GAO also found that the Department of Education used flawed data to e… Continue Reading
11.30.16
GAO: Student Loan Cost Projections Doubled; Flawed Estimates Lack Transparency
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the results of an extensive investigation requested by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, on the cost projections of the Income Driven Repayment (IDR) plans administered by the Department of Education. GAO's report shows that the current cost projections for IDR plans are tens of billions higher than original estimates. GAO also found that the Department of Education used flawed data to e… Continue Reading
11.17.16
BUDGET BULLETIN: Regulatory Reform Outlook
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Budget Committee today released its November 17, 2016, Budget Bulletin focused on the outlook for Regulatory Reform. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy. Read the full Senate Budget Bulletin here. Excerpts follow: The rising cost to the economy of federal regulation is alarming. Private sector experts now estimate new federal ru… Continue Reading
11.17.16
Regulatory Reform Outlook
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Budget Committee today released its November 17, 2016, Budget Bulletin focused on the outlook for Regulatory Reform. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy. Read the full Senate Budget Bulletin here. Excerpts follow: The rising cost to the economy of federal regulation is alarming. Private sector experts now estimate new federal ru… Continue Reading
11.14.16
Budget reform at the top of Enzi's to-do list
by KATHY BROWN
Mike Enzi has been waiting for this day. The U.S. Senator from Gillette returned to Washington, D.C., on Sunday to begin his 20th year representing Wyoming. Only this time, the president-elect is Republican and his party - Republican - also enjoys the majority in the U.S. Senate and House. He's ready to begin work on a package of proposals and bills, many focused on budget reform "in a nonpartisan way," and hopes they'll succeed. At the same time, he's warning other lawmakers that… Continue Reading
10.20.16
BUDGET BULLETIN: FY 2017 Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Budget Committee today released its October 20, 2016, Budget Bulletin focused on the FY 2017 Continuing Resolution. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy. This Bulletin contains an in-depth look at the FY 2017 appropriations process to date. It details what was accomplished under regular order, how the Appropriations Committee gen… Continue Reading
10.20.16
FY 2017 Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Budget Committee today released its October 20, 2016, Budget Bulletin focused on the FY 2017 Continuing Resolution. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy. This Bulletin contains an in-depth look at the FY 2017 appropriations process to date. It details what was accomplished under regular order, how the Appropriations Committee gen… Continue Reading
10.05.16
New GAO Report Shows Feds Spend $1.5 Billion Annually on PR Activities
WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the non-partisan government watchdog agency, today released a report, requested by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), showing that the federal government spends $1.5 billion annually on public relations activities. The report details how federal agencies spend about $1 billion annually on public relations/advertising contracts and the approximately 5,000 federal public relations employees collectively receive n… Continue Reading
10.05.16
New GAO Report Shows Feds Spend $1.5 Billion Annually on PR Activities
WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the non-partisan government watchdog agency, today released a report, requested by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), showing that the federal government spends $1.5 billion annually on public relations activities. The report details how federal agencies spend about $1 billion annually on public relations/advertising contracts and the approximately 5,000 federal public relations employees collectively receive nea… Continue Reading
09.29.16
GAO Rules Obamacare Reinsurance Unlawfully Diverting Billions From Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, DC - A group of bicameral Republican health care leaders are pointing to a new legal opinion issued on Obamacare's controversial reinsurance program. The leaders urged the Comptroller General of the United States this spring to publish a legal opinion on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to ignore federal law, and a previous CMS regulation that required taxpayers and the Treasury be paid under the Obamacare reinsurance program. To date, CMS has ignored th… Continue Reading
09.27.16
Enzi takes on bipartisan budget reform in Congress
by Laura Hancock
Threatened federal government shutdowns. Spending bills that exceed limits negotiated by Congress. Concocted emergencies to justify loans. And no way for the public to follow the money. These are all dysfunctions of the current budgeting and spending process in Washington, U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi says. And the Republican, who leads the Senate Budget Committee, is working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reform the process. "We have a broken budget process," Wyoming's senior U.… Continue Reading
09.20.16
Senate Budget Chairman Proposes a Cure for Congress' Addiction to Continuing Resolutions
by Charles S. Clark
Congress' frustrating budget stalemates and addiction to end-of-session continuing resolutions could be eliminated under a new set of reform proposals detailed on Monday by Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., chairman of the Budget Committee. An accountant who points proudly to firm spending decisions made by the legislature in Wyoming, Enzi has been holding hearings and rolling out budget reform proposals for much of this year. To his earlier calls for biennial budgeting and a new fiscal commission to ta… Continue Reading
09.19.16
Enzi Calls for Bipartisan Budget Process Reform
WASHINGTON D.C. - Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi's (R-WY) called for bipartisan solutions to fix America's broken budget process today during a forum focused on budget process reform. Earlier this year, Chairman Enzi proposed implementing new rules to make it easier for Congress to consider and pass its annual budget and appropriations measures, and update federal budget concepts that determine how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estim… Continue Reading
09.15.16
Accounting for Federal Credit Programs
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Budget Committee today released its September 15, 2016, Budget Bulletin focused on Accounting for Federal Credit Programs. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy. During a recent Committee hearing, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall noted the agency's long-held view that fair value scoring provides a more comprehen… Continue Reading
